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Belarus

53.0N 28.0E · 27 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS · 25 AUGUST 1991
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1986 – present · Chernobyl, Independence and the Lukashenka Era
6 EVENTS
26 Apr 1986 · The Chernobyl disaster 2 REFS
8 Dec 1991 · Belavezha Accords dissolve the USSR 3 REFS
1939 – 1986 · Reunification, the Nazi Catastrophe and Soviet Belarus
4 EVENTS
17 Sep 1939 · Reunification of western Belarus 2 REFS
1941-1944 · Nazi occupation and mass death 2 REFS
1917 – 1939 · People's Republic, Soviet Republic and Terror
4 EVENTS
25 Mar 1918 · Belarusian People's Republic proclaimed 2 REFS
1 Jan 1919 · Founding of the Byelorussian SSR 1 REF
1569 – 1917 · The Commonwealth, Partition and the Russian Empire
5 EVENTS
1569 · Union of Lublin and the Commonwealth 2 REFS
1772-1795 · Partitions of Poland and Russian annexation 2 REFS
1240 – 1569 · Heart of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
4 EVENTS
14th c. · Belarusian lands within the Grand Duchy 2 REFS
6 Aug 1517 · Skaryna prints the first East Slavic book 2 REFS
c. 800 – 1240 · Polotsk and the Early East Slavs
4 EVENTS
8th-9th c. · Rise of the Principality of Polotsk 2 REFS
1237-1240 · The Mongol invasion of Rus 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Minsk
Population
9.5 m
Area
207,600 km²
Region
Eastern Europe
Languages
Belarusian, Russian
Currency
Belarusian ruble (Br)
Demonym
Belarusian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$93 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$10,279’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
1.3%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
6.6%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
112.1%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
9.1 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
74.4 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
79.5%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.2’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
99.9%’19 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
27.3’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
59.4’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
37.7’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
35.4’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
35.8’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
36.2’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
7.1%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
4.72’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
2.3’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
98.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
93.1%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
99.9%’19 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
5.0%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
96.8%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
94.8%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
70.1%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
1,568’24 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
94.3%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
131’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
6.0%’21 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
202,983 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
43.4%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
39.6%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
5.9’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
8.2%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
1.9%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.8%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
1.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
2.1%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$1.5 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
158,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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