International Rankings of Belarus 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Belarus, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Belarus, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	31	33.86	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	43	3.215 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	66	79.13 %	2018
Internet users - total	68	7.539 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	20	46.88	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	33	4.451 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	80	122.46	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	80	11.627 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	71	20.570 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	68	22.150 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	14	2.9 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	32	67.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	38	74.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	20	93.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	9	96.5	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	79	63.168 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	31	67 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	87	14.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	130	54.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	146	67 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	47	24.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	17	5.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	87	8.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	25	40.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	134	51.1 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	100	21.9 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	14	3.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	37	5.6 %	2017
Labor force	87	4.381 million US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	95	9.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	47	23.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	59	66.8 %	2015
Population below poverty line	145	5	2019
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	70	181.286 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	70	19150 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	35	40.7 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	55	56.070 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	44	31730	2015
Crude oil - imports	22	468400	2015
Crude oil - production	60	31000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	52	198.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	62	31.720 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	41	3.482 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	5	96	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	68	1	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	38	3	2017
Electricity - imports	33	6.319 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	60	10.040 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	63	31.580 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	40	17.700 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	19	17.530 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	81	59.460 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	85	2.832 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	69	141000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	26	351200 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	134	14630 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	35	477200 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	50	58.28 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	68	17.19 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	109	18.06 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	77	43.7	2018
Land use - arable land	33	27.2	2018
Land use - forest	64	42.7	2018
Land use - other	145	13.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	0.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	91	15.9	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	49	1.02 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	84	57.900 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	107	431.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	68	443.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	74	523.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	149	0.28	2025
Urbanization - urban population	46	79.9	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	54	4.280 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	46	684800 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	48	16 %	2016
Geography
Area - land	84	202900 sq km	0
Area - total	85	207600 sq km	0
Area - water	85	470086 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	159	346 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	21	90 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	129	160 meters	0
Irrigated land	87	1140 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	56	3599 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	77	43.7	2018
Land use - arable land	33	27.2	2018
Land use - forest	64	42.7	2018
Land use - other	145	13.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	0.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	91	15.9	2018
Total renewable water resources	83	57.900 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	190	9.59 %	1795
Age structure - 25-54 years	36	43.94 %	5910
Age structure - 55-64 years	16	14.45 %	3972
Birth rate	181	9.32 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	25	71.2 %	2017
Current Health Expenditure	55	5.6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	8	12.96 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	40	23.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	103	4.3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	112	48.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	131	25.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	99	1.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	97	0.2 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	31	4.8 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	33	0.5	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	59	28000	2020
Hospital bed density	6	10.8 beds/1,000 population	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	192	2.83 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	190	3.76 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	191	3.31 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	74	79.74 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	133	68.6 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	119	74.01 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	113	2	2017
Median age - female	27	43.9 years	2020
Median age - male	38	38 years	0
Median age - total	33	40.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	31	26.8	2019
Net migration rate	62	0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	49	24.5 %	2016
Physicians density	7	5.19 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	92	9.442 million	2021
Population growth rate	155	0.29 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	3	99.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	109	2.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	109	0.6 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	105	0.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	16 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	15 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	18	1.06	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	27	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	43	0.79	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	58	0.48 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	30	0.87 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	128	1.51 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	119	7.3	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	77	12.9	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	99	10.2	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	150	0.28	2025
Urbanization - urban population	46	79.9	2021
Transportation
Airports	67	65	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	20	20	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	47	33	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	28	7	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	65	32	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	42	28	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	109	1.900 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	73	2.760 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	75	30	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	34	5528 km	2014
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	34	2500 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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