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

Health

be 11.9% less likely to be obese

In Syria, 27.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 24.5% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 6.6 times more money

Syria has a GDP per capita of $2,900 as of 2015, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $19,100 as of 2022.

be 74.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Syria, 13.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2022.

be 94.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Syria, 82.5% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

pay a 40.9% lower top tax rate

Syria has a top tax rate of 22.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 96.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Syria, approximately 30.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

be 15.6% more likely to be literate

In Syria, the literacy rate is 86.4% as of 2015. In Belarus, it is 99.9% as of 2019.

be 79.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Syria, approximately 15.9 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 61.8% fewer children

In Syria, there are approximately 21.7 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 12.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In Syria, approximately 89% of the population has electricity access as of 2021. In Belarus, 100% of the population do as of 2021.

be 82.4% more likely to have internet access

In Syria, approximately 46.6% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.


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