Belarus
Republic of Belarus
- Capital
- Minsk
- Region
- Eastern Europe
- Population, 2025
- 9.1 million
- Currency
- BYN
- Area
- 207,600 kmΒ²
Across Belarus's 21 priced cities, one person needs about $802 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $662.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
64out of 100
- Purchasing power25%57
- Safety20%52
- Health care15%50
- Climate10%69
- Air quality10%99
- Connectivity10%No data
- Cost10%86
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #41
What it costs
Averages over the countryβs cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
30.7
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
8.3
New York = 100
Purchasing power
102.3
New York = 100
One person
$802
A month, rent included
Net salary
$662
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$355
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$10,279
2025
Growth
+1.3%
2025
Unemployment
3.4%
2025
Inflation
6.6%
2025
Life expectancy
74.4 years
2024
Internet users
94%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 13%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 43.4%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 25%
- SourceTrading Economics
- VAT or sales tax
- 20%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employee
- 1%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 34%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeoβs crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 52.2
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 47.8
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2019
- 2.4
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median
- β
- Mobile downloadMbps, median
- β
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- β
Cities in Belarus
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Mozyr | 65 | 30.7 | β | β | β | 104.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 2Gomel | 63 | 24.6 | $236 | $491 | 92.8 | 501.2K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 3Mogilev | 63 | 28.8 | $347 | $754 | 110.7 | 352.9K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 4Barysaw (Borisov) | 63 | 24.4 | β | $645 | 104.3 | 133.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 5Baranavichy | 62 | 29.1 | β | $662 | 97.3 | 170K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 6Bobruysk | 62 | β | β | β | β | 205.5K | Low confidence |
| 7Minsk | 62 | 31.1 | $575 | $933 | 102.3 | 1.7M | High confidence, 120 contributors |
| 8Lida | 61 | β | β | β | β | 103.3K | Low confidence |
| 9Pinsk | 61 | 28.9 | $166 | $397 | 75.8 | 123.3K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 10Hrodna | 60 | 30.7 | β | $629 | 89.7 | 363.7K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 11Maladzyechna (Molodechno) | 60 | 31.0 | $132 | $662 | 126.4 | 87.3K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 12Brest | 59 | 32.4 | $355 | $523 | 71.1 | 347.1K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 13Viciebsk (Vicebsk, Vitebsk) | 59 | 24.2 | $355 | $463 | 73.8 | 358.9K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 14Dobrush | 57 | 24.1 | β | β | β | 17.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 15Zhodino | 57 | 24.4 | β | β | β | 63K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 16Luninyets (Luninets) | 57 | 24.4 | β | β | β | 23.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 17Zhlobin | 56 | 30.7 | β | β | β | 76.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 18Kobryn | 56 | 30.7 | β | β | β | 52.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 19Nesvizh (NiasviΕΎ) | 56 | 30.7 | β | β | β | 15.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 20Braslav | 56 | 30.7 | β | β | β | 9.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 21Navapolatsk | 56 | 30.9 | β | β | β | 95.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 22Salihorsk | 56 | 32.4 | β | β | β | 96.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 23Orsha | 54 | 25.6 | $149 | $180 | 38.7 | 101.7K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 24Slonim | 51 | β | β | β | β | 48.4K | Low confidence |
| 25Vawkavysk | 51 | β | β | β | β | 41K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |