Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Belarus
Belarus: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 85.3% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Belarus, 1998–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Belarus stood at 85.3%.
The figure is down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Belarus peaked at 99.9% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 85.3%, in 2019.
That places Belarus 75th out of 119 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 99.9% | — |
| 1999 | 99.9% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 99.7% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 99.6% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 99.8% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 99.7% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 99.0% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 98.3% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 96.5% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 96.5% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 96.2% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 93.0% | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 94.0% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 91.3% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 87.8% | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 85.9% | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 89.8% | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 91.5% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 90.2% | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 87.6% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 85.3% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 85.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 89% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 85.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 1.5× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 98.5% | 96.2% | 99.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.6% | 85.3% | 94.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.3% | 85.3% | 85.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
More poverty & inequality data for Belarus
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Belarus?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Belarus was 85.3% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 1999.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.3% in 2019.
- How does Belarus rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Belarus ranks 75th out of 119 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.