Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Belarus instead of Serbia, you would:
Health
be 14.0% more likely to be obese
In Serbia, 21.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 24.5% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 94.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Serbia, 14.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Belarus, that number is 0.8% as of 2017.
be 78.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Serbia, 23.2% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Belarus, however, that number is 5.0% as of 2019.
pay a 13.3% lower top tax rate
Serbia has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2017. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.
Life
be 83.3% less likely to die during childbirth
In Serbia, approximately 12.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Belarus, 2.0 women do as of 2017.
be 32.0% less likely to die during infancy
In Serbia, approximately 4.8 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 32.2% less on healthcare
Serbia spends 8.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Belarus, that number is 5.9% of GDP as of 2019.
spend 38.9% more on education
Serbia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. 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 of Finance, Republic of Serbia, Ministry for Taxes and Levies of the Republic of Belarus.
Belarus: At a glance
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