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

Health

be 72.2% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Angola, 1.8% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 0.5% of people as of 2020.

live 12.2 years longer

In Angola, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 years for women) as of 2022. In Belarus, that number is 74 years (69 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.

be 3.0 times more likely to be obese

In Angola, 8.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 24.5% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 3.1 times more money

Angola has a GDP per capita of $6,200 as of 2020, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $19,100 as of 2020.

be 87.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Angola, 6.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 0.8% as of 2017.

be 84.5% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Angola, 32.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Belarus, however, that number is 5.0% as of 2019.

pay a 23.5% lower top tax rate

Angola has a top tax rate of 17.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 99.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Angola, approximately 241.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Belarus, 2.0 women do as of 2017.

be 40.5% more likely to be literate

In Angola, the literacy rate is 71.1% as of 2015. In Belarus, it is 99.9% as of 2019.

be 94.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Angola, approximately 58.9 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 78.3% fewer children

In Angola, there are approximately 41.8 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 2.3 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Angola, approximately 43% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Belarus, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 2.4 times more likely to have internet access

In Angola, approximately 36.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.

be 50.2% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Angola, approximately 66% of people have improved drinking water access (81% in urban areas, and 36% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 2.8 times more on education

Angola spends 1.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Belarus spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 2.4 times more on healthcare

Angola spends 2.5% 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, Direcção Nacional dos Impostos, Ministério das Finanças, Ministry for Taxes and Levies of the Republic of Belarus.

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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