Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

make 3.8 times more money

Nicaragua has a GDP per capita of $7,300 as of 2023, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

be 25.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Nicaragua, 4.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2023.

be 80.7% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Nicaragua, 24.9% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

pay a 56.7% lower top tax rate

Nicaragua has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 98.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Nicaragua, approximately 78.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

be 20.9% more likely to be literate

In Nicaragua, the literacy rate is 82.6% as of 2015. In Belarus, it is 99.9% as of 2019.

be 82.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Nicaragua, approximately 19.1 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 49.4% fewer children

In Nicaragua, there are approximately 16.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Belarus, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 15.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In Nicaragua, approximately 86% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Belarus, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

be 49.1% more likely to have internet access

In Nicaragua, approximately 57.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.

be 20.1% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Nicaragua, approximately 83% of people have improved drinking water access (98% in urban areas, and 63% 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 25.6% less on healthcare

Nicaragua spends 8.6% 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: General Directorate of Revenues, The World Factbook, 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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