Quality of life comparison

be 84.8% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Republic of the Congo, 3.3% 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 Republic of the Congo, the average life expectancy is 62 years (61 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 2.6 times more likely to be obese

In Republic of the Congo, 9.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 24.5% of people as of 2016.

make 5.6 times more money

Republic of the Congo has a GDP per capita of $3,400 as of 2020, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $19,100 as of 2020.

be 97.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Republic of the Congo, 36.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2014. In Belarus, that number is 0.8% as of 2017.

be 87.8% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Republic of the Congo, 40.9% live below the poverty line as of 2011. In Belarus, however, that number is 5.0% as of 2019.

be 99.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In Republic of the Congo, approximately 378.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Belarus, 2.0 women do as of 2017.

be 24.4% more likely to be literate

In Republic of the Congo, the literacy rate is 80.3% as of 2018. In Belarus, it is 99.9% as of 2019.

be 93.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Republic of the Congo, approximately 47.9 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 71.5% fewer children

In Republic of the Congo, there are approximately 31.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Belarus, there are 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 38.9% more likely to have access to electricity

In Republic of the Congo, approximately 72% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Belarus, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 9.4 times more likely to have internet access

In Republic of the Congo, approximately 9.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.

be 18.6% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Republic of the Congo, approximately 84% of people have improved drinking water access (98% in urban areas, and 56% 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.

spend 28.2% more on education

Republic of the Congo spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Belarus spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 2.8 times more on healthcare

Republic of the Congo spends 2.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Belarus, that number is 5.9% of GDP as of 2019.