If you lived in Belarus instead of San Marino, you would:

Health

live 11.4 years less

In San Marino, the average life expectancy is 86 years (84 years for men, 87 years for women) as of 2024. In Belarus, that number is 74 years (70 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 58.1% less spent on your healthcare

San Marino spends $5,231 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Belarus spends $2,194 as of 2023.

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Economy

make 82.8% less money

San Marino has a GDP per capita of $59,871 as of 2023, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $10,279 as of 2025.

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Life

be 87.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In San Marino, approximately 8.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2023.

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have 67.4% more children

In San Marino, there are approximately 4.2 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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be 50.0% more likely to die during infancy

In San Marino, approximately 1.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Belarus, on the other hand, 1.8 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 74.1% more on education

San Marino spends 2.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Belarus spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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Safety

be 25.4% more likely to die in a road accident

In San Marino, road accidents kill 5.9 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Belarus, they kill 7.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). How we calculate this

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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