Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 3.5 years less

In Montenegro, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Belarus, that number is 74 years (69 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 76.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Montenegro, 15.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2023.

be 77.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Montenegro, 21.2% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

pay a 44.4% higher top tax rate

Montenegro has a top tax rate of 9.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 83.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Montenegro, approximately 6.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

have 23.9% fewer children

In Montenegro, there are approximately 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Belarus, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 43.9% less on healthcare

Montenegro spends 11.4% 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, Department of Public Revenues, Montenegro, Ministry for Taxes and Levies of the Republic of Belarus.

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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