Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Belarus
Belarus: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 95.9% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 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
In 2020, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Belarus stood at 95.9%.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Belarus peaked at 100.0% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 95.3%, in 2014.
Belarus ranks 57th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 99.9% | — |
| 1999 | 100.0% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 99.8% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 99.8% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 99.9% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 99.8% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 99.7% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 99.0% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 99.1% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 98.9% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 98.0% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 98.4% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 97.6% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 96.1% | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 95.3% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 97.1% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 97.6% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 97.5% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 96.2% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 95.4% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 95.9% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 99.9% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.6% | 98.9% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.9% | 95.3% | 98.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.9% | 95.9% | 95.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
More poverty & inequality data for Belarus
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Belarus?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Belarus was 95.9% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1999.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.3% in 2014.
- How does Belarus rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Belarus ranks 57th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.