Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Belarus instead of Mali, you would:

Health

live 11.9 years longer

In Mali, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 65 years for women) as of 2022. In Belarus, that number is 74 years (69 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.

be 2.8 times more likely to be obese

In Mali, 8.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 24.5% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 11.1 times more money

Mali has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2023, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

be 89.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Mali, 44.6% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

be 18.6% more likely to be unemployed

In Mali, 3.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2023.

Life

be 99.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Mali, approximately 440.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

be 2.8 times more likely to be literate

In Mali, the literacy rate is 35.5% as of 2018. In Belarus, it is 99.9% as of 2019.

be 94.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Mali, approximately 60.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Belarus, on the other hand, 3.3 children do as of 2022.

have 79.8% fewer children

In Mali, there are approximately 41.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Belarus, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 88.7% more likely to have access to electricity

In Mali, approximately 53% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Belarus, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

be 2.5 times more likely to have internet access

In Mali, approximately 34.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.

be 15.6% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Mali, approximately 86% of people have improved drinking water access (100% in urban areas, and 76% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 48.8% more on healthcare

Mali spends 4.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Belarus: At a glance

Belarus is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 202,900 sq km. After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than have any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration. Although Belarus agreed to a framework to carry out the accord, serious implementation has yet to take place. Since his election in July 1994 as the country's first directly elected president, Aleksandr LUKASHENKO has steadily consolidated his power through authoritarian means and a centralized economic system. Government restrictions on freedom of speech and the press, peaceful assembly, and religion remain in place.
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