If you lived in Belarus instead of Jamaica, you would:

Health

be 64.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Jamaica, 1.4% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 0.5% of people as of 2020.

live 1.5 years less

In Jamaica, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In Belarus, that number is 74 years (69 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 89.1% more money

Jamaica has a GDP per capita of $10,100 as of 2022, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $19,100 as of 2022.

be 35.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Jamaica, 5.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2022.

be 71.9% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Jamaica, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

pay a 48.0% lower top tax rate

Jamaica has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 99.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Jamaica, approximately 99.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

be 12.6% more likely to be literate

In Jamaica, the literacy rate is 88.7% as of 2015. In Belarus, it is 99.9% as of 2019.

be 70.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Jamaica, approximately 11.2 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 46.8% fewer children

In Jamaica, there are approximately 15.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Belarus, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 21.7% less on education

Jamaica spends 6.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Belarus spends 4.7% of total GDP on education as of 2021.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry for Taxes and Levies of the Republic of Belarus, Tax Admministration of Jamaica.

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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