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Belarus

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Key facts

  • currency: Belarusian rubel
  • capital city: Minsk
  • region: Eastern Europe
  • continent: Europe
  • land area: 202,950 km²
  • population: 9,178,298 people
  • political leader: Alexander Lukashenko (President)
Classified as: place

Summary

Belarus is a country. The capital city is Minsk, located in the Eastern Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 202,950 km², a population of 9,178,298 people and uses the currency Belarusian rubel. The President is Alexander Lukashenko.

Location on a map: [53°0′N, 28°0′E]

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Environment

Belarus is one of the countries in Europe, countries in Eastern Europe and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 81,740.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.05 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 57.41 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 97.87 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.31 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 1.06 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.50 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 86.78 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.50 births per woman
  • Forest area: 87,821 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 92.44 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 99.87 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 36.80
  • Methane emissions: 19.35 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 23.05 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 4,955,200 people
  • Male population: 4,223,098 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 8.20 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 201,456.00 km²
  • Rural population: 1,768,566 people
  • Urban land area: 2,882.60 km²
  • Urban population: 7,409,732 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Belarus by population

Cities in Belarus

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Belarus

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Geographical distribution of sites in Belarus by area

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Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Belarus

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Belarus

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Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Belarus

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Belarus

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Belarus

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Evolution of historical access to electricity in Belarus

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Sites in Belarus

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Belarus

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Belarus

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Belarus

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Belarus

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Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Belarus

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Belarus

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Belarus

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Belarus

Proportion of transboundary sites in Belarus

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Belarus by mean width

Wildfires in Belarus

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Belarus

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 158,000 people
  • Democracy score: 3.13
  • Democracy type: Authoritarian
  • Individuals using the internet: 91.51 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 1.20 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -4,282 people
  • Press freedom: 1.51
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 40.00 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Belarus

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Belarus

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Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Belarus

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Belarus

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Evolution of historical net migration in Belarus

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Belarus

Political parties in Belarus

Distribution of politicians from Belarus by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Belarus

Politicians from Belarus

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Business

  • Central government debt: 38.59 % of GDP
  • Expense: 17.44 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 71,857,382,745.61 current US$
  • Inflation: 5.00 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 4.71 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 11.23 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 3.57 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 3.96 % of total employment

Shops in Belarus

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Companies from Belarus

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Distribution of companies founded in Belarus by year

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Evolution of historical central government debt in Belarus

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Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Belarus

Evolution of historical inflation in Belarus

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Exchanges in Belarus

Proportion of shops per country in Belarus

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Health

  • Birth rate: 9.16 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 15.49 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 468.00 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 6.57 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.11 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 9.69 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 73
  • Suicide mortality rate: 21.20 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Belarus

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Evolution of historical health expenditure in Belarus

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Belarus

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Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Belarus

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Belarus

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Belarus

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Belarus

Diseases in Belarus

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Belarus

Proportion of diseases in Belarus by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Belarus by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Belarus

Evolution of historical deaths in Belarus

Relationship between cases and deaths in Belarus

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Belarus by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Belarus

Athletes from Belarus

Proportion of competitions per city in Belarus

Competitions in Belarus

Proportion of competitions per country in Belarus

Distribution of competitions in Belarus by start date

Proportion of medals won by Belarus in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Belarus

Distribution of artists from Belarus by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Belarus

Geographical distribution of museums in Belarus by visitors

Museums in Belarus

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Belarus by total students

Distribution of universities in Belarus per foundation year

Universities in Belarus

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In literature

There are 82 books written about Belarus in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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