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Belarus
Belarus's money's value is 2.00 %, ranked 112th of 116. And its price level is 30 % of US prices, ranked 17th of 125.
Of 14 fields published for Belarus, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
30 % of US prices
Money's value
2.00 %
100 saved in Belarus in 2000 buys what 2 buys today — 98 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Minimum wage
$766 PPP/mo
The law in Belarus sets the floor at about $766 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
0.16 %
A bank account in Belarus currently gains about 0.2 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
6.76 %
Inflation rate
6.60 %
At 6.6 % a year, prices double in about 11 years if it holds.
Inflation rate
6.60 %
ranked 96th of 123
Public holidays
10 days
ranked 73rd of 104
Deposit rate
6.76 %
ranked 22nd of 70
Where Belarus sits, field by field
Each dot is Belarus’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Money's value2.00 %112 of 116
- Price level30 % of US prices17 of 125
- Government debt33.10 %25 of 124
- Inflation rate6.60 %96 of 123
- GDP growth1.30 %96 of 127
- Unemployment rate3.38 %35 of 124
- Public holidays10 days73 of 104
- Deposit rate6.76 %22 of 70
- Savings vs inflation0.16 %45 of 69
- Bank spread4.19 %24 of 62
- Minimum wage$766 PPP/mo34 of 85
- Lending rate10.95 %41 of 67
- Debt per person$3,40252 of 123
- GDP per capita$10,27969 of 127
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Moldova
avg gap 16.5 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 10 days (Belarus) vs 15 days
Azerbaijan
avg gap 16.8 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: savings vs inflation — 0.16 % (Belarus) vs 3.74 %
Mongolia
avg gap 17.6 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 1.30 % (Belarus) vs 6.84 %
Russia
avg gap 18.1 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: savings vs inflation — 0.16 % (Belarus) vs 5.90 %
| Savings vs inflation | 0.16 % | ranked 45th of 69 | |
| Bank spread | 4.19 % | ranked 24th of 62 | |
| Minimum wage | $766 PPP/mo | ranked 34th of 85 | |
| Lending rate | 10.95 % | ranked 41st of 67 | |
| Debt per person | $3,402 | ranked 52nd of 123 | |
| GDP per capita | $10,279 | ranked 69th of 127 |
✓ 14 fields published for Belarus, every one dated and sourced · 21 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Belarus: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 14 figures
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 3417 → 3402 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 33.2442039424903 → 33.1 |