Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 8.9 years less

In Guernsey, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2022. In Belarus, that number is 74 years (70 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 43.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Guernsey, 6.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2023. In Belarus, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.

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Life

be 46.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Guernsey, approximately 3.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Belarus, on the other hand, 1.8 children do as of 2024.

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have 27.5% fewer children

In Guernsey, there are approximately 9.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Belarus, there are 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2022–2024), World Bank (2024–2025). How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Belarus is 69.1% cheaper than Guernsey overall
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Guernsey is about 2,662 times smaller than Belarus.
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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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