Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Belarus
Belarus: Poverty gap index at $3 a day was 0.0% in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Belarus, 1998–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty gap index at $3 a day in Belarus is 0.0%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap index at $3 a day in Belarus peaked at 11.3% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2014.
That places Belarus 116th out of 120 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.8% | 10.2% | 11.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 0.1% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.3% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.08 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0861 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0861 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1218 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.3% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.127 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty gap index at $3 a day in Belarus?
- Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Belarus was 0.0% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 11.3% in 1998.
- What is the lowest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2014.
- How does Belarus rank for poverty gap index at $3 a day?
- Belarus ranks 116th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty gap index at $3 a day rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Poverty gap index at $3 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The poverty gap index is a poverty measure that reflects both the prevalence and the depth of poverty. It is calculated as the share of population in poverty multiplied by the average shortfall from the poverty line (expressed as a % of the poverty line).