Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 14.0% more likely to be obese

In Serbia, 21.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 24.5% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 13.1% more money

Serbia has a GDP per capita of $24,500 as of 2023, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

be 58.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Serbia, 8.7% 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 Serbia, 21.2% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

pay a 13.3% lower top tax rate

Serbia has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2017. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 90.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Serbia, approximately 10.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

be 32.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Serbia, approximately 4.8 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.

Expenditures

spend 26.4% less on healthcare

Serbia spends 8.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 30.6% more on education

Serbia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Belarus spends 4.7% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

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