Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Belarus
Belarus: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 10.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% 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
Belarus recorded 10.5% for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Belarus peaked at 19.2% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 10.5%, in 2020.
That places Belarus 116th 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 60% of the median in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 17.2% | — |
| 1999 | 19.2% | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 18.1% | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 16.9% | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 17.1% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 16.2% | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 13.6% | -15.9% |
| 2005 | 15.7% | +15.0% |
| 2006 | 16.1% | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 15.8% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 14.9% | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 14.8% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 15.0% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 14.4% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 13.5% | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 12.4% | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 13.7% | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 12.7% | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 11.5% | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 11.5% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 10.6% | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 10.9% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 10.5% | -3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.2% | 17.2% | 19.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.9% | 13.6% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 10.6% | 15.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.5% | 10.5% | 10.5% | 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 60% of the median in Belarus?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Belarus was 10.5% 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 60% of the median recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 19.2% in 1999.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5% in 2020.
- How does Belarus rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Belarus ranks 116th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. 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 60% 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 60% of the median.