If you lived in Belarus instead of Sierra Leone, you would:

Health

be 66.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Sierra Leone, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 0.5% of people as of 2020.

live 15.5 years longer

In Sierra Leone, the average life expectancy is 59 years (57 years for men, 60 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 2.8 times more likely to be obese

In Sierra Leone, 8.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 24.5% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 11.9 times more money

Sierra Leone has a GDP per capita of $1,600 as of 2020, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $19,100 as of 2020.

be 94.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Sierra Leone, 15.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Belarus, that number is 0.8% as of 2017.

be 91.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Sierra Leone, 56.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Belarus, however, that number is 5.0% as of 2019.

pay a 56.7% lower top tax rate

Sierra Leone has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2014. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 99.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Sierra Leone, approximately 1120.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Belarus, 2.0 women do as of 2017.

be 2.3 times more likely to be literate

In Sierra Leone, the literacy rate is 43.2% as of 2018. In Belarus, it is 99.9% as of 2019.

be 95.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Sierra Leone, approximately 73.4 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 71.8% fewer children

In Sierra Leone, there are approximately 32.2 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 3.8 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Sierra Leone, approximately 26% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Belarus, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 4.7 times more likely to have internet access

In Sierra Leone, approximately 18.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.

be 37.2% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Sierra Leone, approximately 73% of people have improved drinking water access (92% in urban areas, and 58% 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.

Expenditures

spend 46.2% less on education

Sierra Leone spends 9.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Belarus spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 33.0% less on healthcare

Sierra Leone spends 8.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Belarus, that number is 5.9% of GDP as of 2019.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, National Revenue Authority, 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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