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

Health

be 10.6% less likely to be obese

In Algeria, 27.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 24.5% of people as of 2016.

live 3.8 years less

In Algeria, the average life expectancy is 78 years (77 years for men, 80 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 78.5% more money

Algeria has a GDP per capita of $10,700 as of 2020, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $19,100 as of 2020.

be 93.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Algeria, 11.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Belarus, that number is 0.8% as of 2017.

pay a 62.9% lower top tax rate

Algeria has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 98.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Algeria, approximately 112.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Belarus, 2.0 women do as of 2017.

be 22.7% more likely to be literate

In Algeria, the literacy rate is 81.4% as of 2018. In Belarus, it is 99.9% as of 2019.

be 83.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Algeria, approximately 19.7 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 51.0% fewer children

In Algeria, there are approximately 18.5 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 34.9% more likely to have internet access

In Algeria, approximately 63.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 18.0% less on education

Algeria spends 6.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Belarus spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry for Taxes and Levies of the Republic of Belarus, Direction Générale des Impôts, Algeria.

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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