Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Belarus instead of Hong Kong, you would:

Health

live 9.3 years less

In Hong Kong, the average life expectancy is 84 years (81 years for men, 86 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

be 72.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Hong Kong, 2.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Belarus, that number is 0.8% as of 2017.

be 74.9% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Hong Kong, 19.9% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Belarus, however, that number is 5.0% as of 2019.

pay a 13.3% lower top tax rate

Hong Kong has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

make 66.0% less money

Hong Kong has a GDP per capita of $56,200 as of 2020, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $19,100 as of 2020.

Life

have 12.9% more children

In Hong Kong, there are approximately 8.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Belarus, there are 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 28.2% more likely to die during infancy

In Hong Kong, approximately 2.5 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.

Expenditures

spend 13.6% more on education

Hong Kong spends 4.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. 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, Inland Revenue Department, Hong Kong.

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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