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Belarus

Republic of Belarus

Capital
Minsk
Region
Europe & Central Asia
Income group
Upper middle income
Population
9.1M (2025)
Area
207,600 km²
Currency
Belarusian ruble (BYN)
Data refreshed 11 Sep 2026Updated 7 h ago88 % coverage · 222 indicatorsLandlocked
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At a glance

Twelve headline indicators, latest available year.

Population
100th of 218 · 24th in Europe & C. Asia
GDP
80th of 187 · 32nd in Europe & C. Asia
GDP per capita
84th of 187 · 40th in Europe & C. Asia
GDP growth
152nd of 187 · 35th in Europe & C. Asia
Inflation
144th of 177 · 41st in Europe & C. Asia
Unemployment
57th of 185 · 7th in Europe & C. Asia
Life expectancy
114th of 217 · 51st in Europe & C. Asia
Median age
42nd of 216 · 32nd in Europe & C. Asia
Gross debt / GDP
51st of 179 · 19th in Europe & C. Asia
CO₂ per capita
164th of 212 · 36th in Europe & C. Asia
Renewable electricity
84th of 90 · 44th in Europe & C. Asia
Internet users
34th of 182 · 18th in Europe & C. Asia

What changed in Belarus

Statistically notable movements in the latest data.

  1. Record high2025Major
    GDP per capita reached a record high of US$ 10,279 in 2025 (series since 1990).
  2. Record high2025Major
    GDP reached a record high of US$ 93.4B in 2025 (series since 1990).
  3. Record high2023Major
    Median age reached a record high of 40.5 years in 2023 (series since 1950).
  4. Record low2024Major
    Infant mortality fell to a record low of 1.8 per 1,000 in 2024 (series since 1960).
  5. Sharp rise2025Major
    Low-carbon electricity share rose 4.1 points to 41.4 % in 2025 (largest rise since 2024).
  6. Sharp rise2025Major
    Hydropower electricity share rose 1.1 points to 2.0 % in 2025 (largest rise on record).
  7. Sharp rise2025Major
    Hydropower electricity generation rose 132.5 % to 0.93 TWh in 2025 (largest rise since 2017).
  8. Sharp drop2025Major
    Fossil fuel electricity share fell 4.1 points to 58.6 % in 2025 (largest drop since 2024).

Countries similar to Belarus

Nearest peers by standardised distance on the selected dimension.

  1. 1Serbia73
  2. 2Czechia72
  3. 3Hungary70
  4. 4Azerbaijan70
  5. 5Bulgaria70
  6. 6Poland67
  7. 7Malaysia65
  8. 8North Macedonia65

Country DNA

Percentile rank among all countries on nine dimensions. Descriptive, not a score.

DNA not available for this country yet.

Key facts

Computed from the data — no model-generated numbers.

  • Unemployment of 3.4 % in 2025 is below the Europe & Central Asia median of 5.5 %.

  • Life expectancy of 74.4 years ranks 51st of 58 in Europe & Central Asia (2024).

  • With a median age of 40.5 years, Belarus ranks 42nd of 216 countries worldwide (2023).

  • GDP per capita rose from US$ 1,276 in 2000 to US$ 10,279 in 2025 (+705.4 % in current US dollars).

  • Renewables' share of electricity generation rose from 0.4 % in 2010 to 4.8 % in 2025 (+4.4 points).

  • 94.3 % of people used the internet in 2024, up from 31.8 % in 2010.

  • Within Europe & Central Asia, Belarus ranks 37th of 51 for GDP per capita (PPP) (intl $ 34,716, 2025).

  • GDP grew 0.8 % a year on average over 2014–2025.

  • 79.5 % of the population lived in urban areas in 2025, compared with 69.9 % in 2000.

  • Trade is worth 112.1 % of GDP (2025), above the world median of 79.5 %.

  • The fertility rate fell from 1.32 births/woman in 2000 to 1.22 births/woman in 2024.

  • CO₂ emissions of 6.16 t per person are 2.1× the world median of 2.99 t (2024).

  • Central government debt rose from 18.9 % of GDP in 2010 to 33.2 % in 2019.

  • Life expectancy gained 5.5 years since 2000, from 68.9 years to 74.4 years in 2024.

  • Belarus's population shrank 9.0 % between 2000 and 2025, from 10.0M people to 9.1M people.

Borders: Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Languages: Belarusian, Russian

Timeline

Records, reversals and turning points across the whole history.

  1. 2025
  2. 2024

Explore Belarus by topic

19 topics · 256 indicators with data.