Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 24.6% less likely to be obese

In Libya, 32.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belarus, that number is 24.5% of people as of 2016.

live 2.9 years less

In Libya, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 80 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

be 81.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Libya, 19.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2022.

pay a 30.0% higher top tax rate

Libya has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 98.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Libya, approximately 72.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

be 70.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Libya, 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 59.1% fewer children

In Libya, there are approximately 20.3 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 42.5% more likely to have access to electricity

In Libya, approximately 70% of the population has electricity access as of 2021. In Belarus, 100% of the population do as of 2021.

be 84.0% more likely to have internet access

In Libya, approximately 46.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Belarus, about 85.0% do as of 2022.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, 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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