Belarus
Country
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 (see all)
Hackers claim Belarus fertilizer plant infiltrated to demand political prisoner release
Read: Fox News
2024-04-19
Hackers claim Belarus fertilizer plant infiltrated to demand political prisoner release
Read: ABC News
2024-04-19
Hackers claim Belarus fertilizer plant infiltrated to demand political prisoner release
Read: The Star
2024-04-19
Polish authorities reportedly arrest two Poles and one Belarusian over attack on Navalny ally Leonid Volkov
Read: Meduza
2024-04-19
EU summit calls to continue work on duties on Russian, Belarusian agricultural produce
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-04-18
Gazprom CEO and Belarus' Ambassador to Russia discussed Russian gas supplies -- company
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-04-18
Metrics
General information
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 | 3.47 % 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 | -4,282 |
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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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago