Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Belarus
Belarus: Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income was 3.9% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Belarus, 1993–2020
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 3.9% for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 29.1% on the previous year and down 54.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Belarus peaked at 12.2% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 1993.
Belarus ranks 120th of 123 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3.3% | — |
| 1995 | 10.6% | +221.2% |
| 1998 | 10.7% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 12.2% | +14.0% |
| 2000 | 11.1% | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 10.1% | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 9.7% | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 9.3% | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 7.5% | -19.4% |
| 2005 | 8.8% | +17.3% |
| 2006 | 9.3% | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 8.7% | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 8.5% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 7.9% | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 8.5% | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 8.1% | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 7.1% | -12.3% |
| 2013 | 6.6% | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 5.9% | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 5.2% | -11.9% |
| 2018 | 5.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5.5% | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 3.9% | -29.1% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 3.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14.8%, 26% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 3.9% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11.0%, 35% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Belarus changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +221.2% | 3.3% | 10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.2% | 3.3% | 12.2% | 4 |
| 2000s | 9.1% | 7.5% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 5.2% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
- 117 Kyrgyzstan 4.6% compare
- 118 Egypt 4.4% compare
- 119 Republic of Moldova 4.3% compare
- 121 India 3.4% compare
- 122 Kazakhstan 3.1% compare
- 123 Azerbaijan 0.9% compare
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 proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Belarus?
- Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Belarus was 3.9% in 2020, according to World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
- What is the highest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 12.2% in 1999.
- What is the lowest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 1993.
- How does Belarus rank for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income?
- Belarus ranks 120th out of 123 countries with data for 2020.
- Is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.1%. 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. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as part of Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2021 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.