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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Belarus economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Belarus best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 38.3 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 74.1 billion (2018, estimate)
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| 8.3% | 6.2% | 2.5% | 4.3% | 2% | 3.7% | 5.4% |
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
| 4.4% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 1.8% |
*Estimate
USD 25,850.5 (2018, estimate)
(2016 estimate)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 1.8% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 2.1% | 1.4% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017* | 2018* |
| 3.4% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 4% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 66% | 81.3% | 88.2% | 94.7% | 101.7% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| -18.4% | -17.6% | -14.2% | -11.9% | -8% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: B+
Moody's: B2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 19.4 billion | USD 21.7 billion | USD 21.9 billion |
-0.4 % (2018 estimate)
70.2% (2018)
0.17% (2018)
0.15% (2018)
Machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
Mineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, metals
Russia 43.9%, Ukraine 11.5%, UK 8.2% (2017)
Russia 57.2%, China 8%, Germany 5.1% (2017)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 1,238 million | USD 1,279 million | USD 1,469 million |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 114 million | USD 70 million | USD 36 million |
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
49 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 30 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 48 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 20 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 14 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 104 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 79 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 99 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 24 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 40 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 74 out of 190 countries
Presidential republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship
Russian (official) 70.2%, Belarusian (official) 23.4%, other 3.1% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities), unspecified 3.3% (2009 est.)
Orthodox 48.3%, Catholic 7.1%, other 3.5%, non-believers 41.1% (2011 est.)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
| N/A | 9.99 million | 9.5 million | 9.451 million | 9.217 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 32% | 57% | 70% | 77% |
Total population: 99.7%
Male: 99.8%
Female: 99.7% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
0% (2014)
27.2 (2014)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 6 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 49.04% Mobile 123.64% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)