Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Belarus

2.6% of people in Belarus lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2020. The value for 2020 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1993.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1993 to 2020 Source: World Bank
Belarus, 2020 2.6% % of population
Change from 2019 −1.3percentage points 2019: 3.9%
World, 2020 50.4% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Belarus over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period BelarusWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 – 48.3%
2021 – 48.7%
2020 2.6% 50.4%
2019 3.9% –
2018 4.3% 50.4%
2017 6.2% 51.5%
2016 7.4% 52.4%
2015 6.8% 53.5%
2014 5.4% 54.7%
2013 5.8% 55.8%
2012 9.2% 57.5%
2011 14.6% 58.8%
2010 18.0% 60.2%
2009 22.3% 61.7%
2008 24.0% 62.5%
2007 28.2% 63.6%
2006 36.7% 65.0%
2005 47.2% 66.2%
2004 64.5% 67.4%
2003 73.3% 68.7%
2002 76.1% 69.3%
2001 80.5% 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.3 percentage points from 3.9% in 2019.
  • Since 2010, when it was 18.0%, the figure has changed by −15.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2020 was 50.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1993 to 2020 for Belarus
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform