Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 7.9 years less

In Netherlands, the average life expectancy is 82 years (80 years for men, 84 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 20.1% more likely to be obese

In Netherlands, 20.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 24.5% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 66.9% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Netherlands, 14.5% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

pay a 75.0% lower top tax rate

Netherlands has a top tax rate of 52.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

make 60.0% less money

Netherlands has a GDP per capita of $69,300 as of 2023, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

Life

be 75.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Netherlands, approximately 4.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

have 21.7% fewer children

In Netherlands, there are approximately 10.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Belarus, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 11.3% less on education

Netherlands spends 5.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Belarus spends 4.7% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 42.3% less on healthcare

Netherlands spends 11.1% 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, Tax and Customs Administration - Belastingdienst, 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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