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General Information

Region		Eastern Europe
Population (000, 2021)		9 443^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		46.5^a
Capital city		Minsk
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		2 016.7^c,b
UN membership date		24-Oct-45
Surface area (km2)		207 600^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		87.2^a
National currency		Belarusian Ruble (BYN)
Exchange rate (per US$)		2.6^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	57 232	56 455	63 081^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	7.8	-3.8	1.2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	6 075.2	5 980.7	6 673.5^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	10.1	7.2	7.8^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	40.3	37.7	36^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	49.5	55.1	56.2^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	11ⁱ	9.7	10.8^i,d
Employment in industry (% of employed)	32.2ⁱ	31.1	30.2^i,d
Employment in services (% employed)	56.8ⁱ	59.2	59^i,d
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	6.1	5.9	4.6^d
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	57.5 / 69.6	58.6 / 71.0	57.3 / 71.3^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100ⁱ	387	536^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	97	100	101^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	25 283	26 660	29 040^i,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	34 884	30 291	32 592^i,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 9 601	- 3 631	- 3 553^i,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 8 280	- 1 831	-241^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^j (average annual %)	-0.3	~0.0	~0.0^d
Urban population (% of total population)	74.7	77.2	79^b
Urban population growth rate^j (average annual %)	0.3	0.7	...
Fertility rate, total^j (live births per woman)	1.4	1.6	1.7^d
Life expectancy at birth^j (females/males, years)	75.2 / 63.6	78.0 / 66.8	79.3 / 69.3^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	14.9 / 19.1	16.3 / 20.4	17.3 / 23.2^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 090.4 / 11.6	1 082.9 / 11.5	1 067.1 / 11.3^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	8.4^k	7.9	9.2^d
Infant mortality rate^j (per 1 000 live births)	6.3	3.4	3^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	5.7	6.1	5.6^l
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.2	5.2	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	5.2	4.8	4.8^m
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	104.3 / 104.5	99.2 / 99.1	100.4 / 100.6^l
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	106.4 / 109.9	104.6 / 106.3	101.7 / 103.1^l
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	123.0 / 132.3	110.1 / 115.9	112.0 / 118.7^l
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	4.3	3.5	2.4^l
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	31.8	27.3	40ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	31.8^o	62.2^p	82.8^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.7^q	0.5^q	0.6^l
Threatened species (number)	16	21	31
Forested area (% of land area)	42.5	42.5	43.1^l
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	59.5 / 6.3	52.6 / 5.5	57.1 / 6.0^l
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	167	163	171^l
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	122	113	120^l
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	5 674^r	4 386^r	11 832^s,b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	33.9	47.1	47.1^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	85.5 / 62.6	82.1 / 55.1	80.3 / 49.0^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.24	0.19	0.35^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Including communities under the authority of the Town Council.
d		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Includes irrigation canals.
g		Excludes publishing activities.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Data as at the end of December.
l		2018
m		2017
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		Population aged 16 years and over.
p		Users in the last 12 months.
q		Data have been converted from the former national currency using the appropriate conversion rate.
r		Excludes the Belarusian-Russian border segment.
s		Includes estimation of the Belarusian-Russian border segment.