Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Belarus
Belarus: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 2.6% in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 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 $8.30 a day in Belarus stood at 2.6%. 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, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Belarus peaked at 93.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, 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.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 93.4% | — |
| 1999 | 92.2% | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 89.4% | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 80.5% | -9.9% |
| 2002 | 76.1% | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 73.3% | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 64.5% | -12.1% |
| 2005 | 47.2% | -26.7% |
| 2006 | 36.7% | -22.3% |
| 2007 | 28.2% | -23.2% |
| 2008 | 24.0% | -14.9% |
| 2009 | 22.3% | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 18.0% | -19.0% |
| 2011 | 14.6% | -19.3% |
| 2012 | 9.2% | -37.0% |
| 2013 | 5.8% | -36.3% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 6.8% | +27.2% |
| 2016 | 7.4% | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 6.2% | -16.4% |
| 2018 | 4.3% | -29.5% |
| 2019 | 3.9% | -11.2% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | -31.5% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 2.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.4%, 12% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 2.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.6%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.8% | 92.2% | 93.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 54.2% | 22.3% | 89.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.2% | 3.9% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
More poverty & inequality data for Belarus
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Belarus?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Belarus was 2.6% 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 $8.30 a day recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 93.4% in 1998.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2020.
- How does Belarus rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Belarus ranks 91st out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 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 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 $8.30 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 $8.30 per day.