Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Belarus instead of Puerto Rico, you would:

Health

live 7.4 years less

In Puerto Rico, the average life expectancy is 82 years (78 years for men, 85 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 92.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Puerto Rico, 10.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Belarus, that number is 0.8% as of 2017.

pay a 60.6% lower top tax rate

Puerto Rico has a top tax rate of 33.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

make 42.8% less money

Puerto Rico has a GDP per capita of $33,400 as of 2020, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $19,100 as of 2020.

Life

be 90.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In Puerto Rico, approximately 21.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Belarus, 2.0 women do as of 2017.

be 45.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Puerto Rico, approximately 6.0 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 15.4% more children

In Puerto Rico, there are approximately 7.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Belarus, there are 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 18.0% less on education

Puerto Rico spends 6.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2014. 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, Puerto Rican Department of Treasury, 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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