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

Health

be 64.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Jamaica, 1.4% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 0.5% of people as of 2020.

live 1.5 years less

In Jamaica, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 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 2.2 times more money

Jamaica has a GDP per capita of $8,700 as of 2020, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $19,100 as of 2020.

be 89.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Jamaica, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Belarus, that number is 0.8% as of 2017.

be 70.8% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Jamaica, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Belarus, however, that number is 5.0% as of 2019.

pay a 48.0% lower top tax rate

Jamaica has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 97.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In Jamaica, approximately 80.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Belarus, 2.0 women do as of 2017.

be 12.6% more likely to be literate

In Jamaica, the literacy rate is 88.7% as of 2015. In Belarus, it is 99.9% as of 2019.

be 70.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Jamaica, approximately 11.2 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 42.9% fewer children

In Jamaica, there are approximately 15.9 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 54.5% more likely to have internet access

In Jamaica, approximately 55.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry for Taxes and Levies of the Republic of Belarus, Tax Admministration of Jamaica.

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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