Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 4.5 years less

In Poland, the average life expectancy is 79 years (75 years for men, 83 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 59.3% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Poland, 11.8% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

pay a 59.4% lower top tax rate

Poland has a top tax rate of 32.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

make 37.2% less money

Poland has a GDP per capita of $44,100 as of 2023, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

be 22.7% more likely to be unemployed

In Poland, 2.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2023.

Life

be 50.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Poland, approximately 2.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

be 21.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Poland, approximately 4.2 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.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Poland, 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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