Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Belarus
Belarus: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.2438 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Belarus, 1998–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 0.2438 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Belarus peaked at 0.3202 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.2438, in 2020.
Belarus ranks 118th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Belarus, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.3202 | — |
| 1999 | 0.3174 | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.3117 | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.3058 | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.3034 | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.2882 | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2648 | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2755 | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 0.2828 | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.2961 | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 0.2783 | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2769 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.2857 | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2715 | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 0.2653 | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2658 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2718 | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.2563 | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 0.2531 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.2544 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.2524 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.2528 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.2438 | -3.5% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 0.2438 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3588, 68% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 0.2438 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3058, 80% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3188 | 0.3174 | 0.3202 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2883 | 0.2648 | 0.3117 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2629 | 0.2524 | 0.2857 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2438 | 0.2438 | 0.2438 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
More poverty & inequality data for Belarus
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.21 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,395 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 35.34 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.3% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Belarus?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Belarus was 0.2438 in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3202 in 1998.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2438 in 2020.
- How does Belarus rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Belarus ranks 118th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.