If you lived in Belarus instead of Cote d'Ivoire, you would:

Health

be 76.2% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Cote d'Ivoire, 2.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 0.5% of people as of 2020.

live 12.0 years longer

In Cote d'Ivoire, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 65 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 2.4 times more likely to be obese

In Cote d'Ivoire, 10.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 24.5% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 3.5 times more money

Cote d'Ivoire has a GDP per capita of $5,500 as of 2022, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $19,100 as of 2022.

be 87.8% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Cote d'Ivoire, 39.5% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

be 43.4% more likely to be unemployed

In Cote d'Ivoire, 2.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2022.

Life

be 99.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 480.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

be 11.1% more likely to be literate

In Cote d'Ivoire, the literacy rate is 89.9% as of 2019. In Belarus, it is 99.9% as of 2019.

be 94.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 55.7 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 69.8% fewer children

In Cote d'Ivoire, there are approximately 27.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Belarus, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 40.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 71% of the population has electricity access as of 2021. In Belarus, 100% of the population do as of 2021.

be 88.9% more likely to have internet access

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 45.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.

be 25.2% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Cote d'Ivoire, approximately 80% of people have improved drinking water access (90% in urban areas, and 69% 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 38.2% more on education

Cote d'Ivoire spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Belarus spends 4.7% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 93.9% more on healthcare

Cote d'Ivoire spends 3.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2020.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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