Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Belarus instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Health

live 9.8 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 74 years (69 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 11.1 times more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

Life

be 93.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Belarus, on the other hand, 3.3 children do as of 2022.

have 70.4% fewer children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Belarus, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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