Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Belarus
Belarus: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 2.64 in 2020. β Volatile
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Belarus, 1998β2020
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2020, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Belarus stood at 2.64. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.5% on the previous year and down 85.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Belarus peaked at 93.39 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 2.64, in 2020.
Belarus ranks 91st of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.81 | 92.22 | 93.39 | 2 |
| 2000s | 54.22 | 22.28 | 89.39 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.15 | 3.86 | 18.04 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.64 | 2.64 | 2.64 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
More poverty & inequality data for Belarus
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 5 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.21 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,395 (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 revenues vs income inequality 35.34 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 8.51 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.08 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Belarus?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Belarus was 2.64 in 2020, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 93.39 in 1998.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.64 in 2020.
- How does Belarus rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Belarus ranks 91st out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 85.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belarus data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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