Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Belarus
Belarus: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 87.7% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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 $30 a day in Belarus stood at 87.7%.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Belarus peaked at 99.9% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 87.0%, in 2019.
Belarus ranks 63rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 98.7% | 96.8% | 99.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.9% | 87.0% | 94.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.7% | 87.7% | 87.7% | 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)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.3% (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)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.127 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Belarus?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Belarus was 87.7% 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 $30 a day 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 recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.0% in 2019.
- How does Belarus rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Belarus ranks 63rd out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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 $30 per day.