Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 5.4 years less

In Cuba, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Belarus, that number is 74 years (69 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 55.3% more money

Cuba has a GDP per capita of $12,300 as of 2016, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $19,100 as of 2020.

be 69.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Cuba, 2.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Belarus, that number is 0.8% as of 2017.

Life

be 94.4% less likely to die during childbirth

In Cuba, approximately 36.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Belarus, 2.0 women do as of 2017.

be 20.8% less likely to die during infancy

In Cuba, approximately 4.1 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 10.2% fewer children

In Cuba, there are approximately 10.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Belarus, there are 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 14.9% more likely to have internet access

In Cuba, approximately 74.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 60.9% less on education

Cuba spends 12.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2010. Belarus spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 47.8% less on healthcare

Cuba spends 11.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Belarus, that number is 5.9% of GDP as of 2019.

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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