Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Belarus
Belarus: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 1.3% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Belarus is 1.3%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 44.9% on the previous year and down 61.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Belarus peaked at 6.2% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2020.
That places Belarus 114th out of 120 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5.7% | — |
| 1999 | 6.2% | +8.8% |
| 2000 | 6.1% | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 4.9% | -19.8% |
| 2002 | 4.6% | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 4.3% | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 3.2% | -26.5% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | +16.3% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 3.6% | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 3.6% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 3.5% | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | -19.1% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 2.6% | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | -18.1% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | -21.6% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | +56.5% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | -44.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.0% | 5.7% | 6.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.2% | 3.2% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 1.6% | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Belarus?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Belarus was 1.3% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 1999.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2020.
- How does Belarus rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Belarus ranks 114th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.6%. 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. 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% of the median.