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Key facts

  • Currency: Belarusian rubel
  • Capital city: Minsk
  • Region: Eastern Europe
  • Continent: Europe
  • Land area: 202,950 km²
  • Population: 9,228,071
  • Political Leader: Alexander Lukashenko (President)

Latest news

Belarus evading EU sanctions by importing timber to Poland with false documents, finds investigation

Read: Notes from Poland

2024-03-27

Poland allows sanctioned Belarusian timber into EU with forged documents, according to investigation

Read: Euromaidan Press

2024-03-26

Belarus dictator discusses possible attack on Suwalki Corridor in Lithuania

Read: Euromaidan Press

2024-03-26

Moscow concert hall attackers first headed for Belarus, says Lukashenko, contradicting Putin claim they fled to Ukraine

Read: SCMP

2024-03-26

Over 130 NATO planes based near Belarusian border, says commander

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-03-26

Lukashenko Says Helped Russia Stop Concert Gunmen From Fleeing to Belarus

Read: The Moscow Times

2024-03-26

Lukashenko says terrorists turned toward Ukrainian border because of Belarusian roadblocks

Read: Meduza

2024-03-26

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 33.24 % of GDP
Expense 27.87 % of GDP
GDP 72,793,500,000.00 current US$
Inflation 15.21 annual %
Self-employed 4.71 % of total employment
Tax revenue 12.82 % of GDP
Unemployment 3.57 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 3.96 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 81,740.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 0.05 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 54,801.50 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 97.87 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 0.31 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 1.06 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.50 % of total
Net energy imports 86.78 % of energy use
Fertility rate 1.48 births per woman
Forest area 87,821 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 92.44 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 -7,365.67 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 36.50 years
Methane emissions 17,079.30 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 15,902.50 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 4,979,107
Male Population 4,248,965
Renewable energy consumption 8.39 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 201,456.00 km²
Rural population 1,815,531
Urban land area 2,882.60 km²
Urban population 7,412,540
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.00 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 9.28 per 1,000 people
Death rate 16.54 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 408.10 current US$
Health expenditure 6.41 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.12 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 10.83 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 72 years
Suicide mortality rate 21.20 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 100.00 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 89.51 % of population
Net migration 30,308
Press freedom 1.51


Politics

Armed forces personnel 158,000
Democracy score 3.13
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 1.20 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 40.00 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

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