Poverty & Inequality in Belarus

20 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Belarus.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 2.6% 2020 down 85.6% 92nd
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2020 down 92.3% 111th
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% 111th
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2020 101st
Prosperity gap 1.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2020 down 33.3% 80th
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2020 down 90.0% 104th
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 8.4% 2020 down 43.6% 115th
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% 110th
Income share held by second 20% 14.5% 2020 up 8.2% 5th
Gini index 24.4 2020 down 14.7% 120th
Income share held by lowest 20% 10.3% 2020 up 17.0% 3rd
Income share held by lowest 10% 4.5% 2020 up 25.0% 2nd
Income share held by highest 10% 20.7% 2020 down 9.2% 119th
Income share held by highest 20% 34.8% 2020 down 7.2% 119th
Income share held by fourth 20% 22.5% 2020 down 1.3% 35th
Income share held by third 20% 18.0% 2020 up 2.9% 5th
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 3.9% 2020 down 54.1% 118th
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% 116th
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 3.5% 2024 down 27.1% 69th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 3.2% 2019 down 68.6% 15th