Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Belarus

Belarus: Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures was 0.8% in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.8%
World rank
12th
of 40 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2020
All-time low
0.3%
in 2012
Years of data
16
2002–2020

Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Belarus, 2002–2020

00.20.40.60.82002201120202002: 0.542003: 0.62004: 0.482005: 0.552006: 0.652007: 0.582008: 0.572009: 0.492010: 0.462011: 0.562012: 0.352013: 0.552014: 0.462015: 0.62016: 0.572020: 0.83

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.

Analysis

In 2020, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Belarus stood at 0.8%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of up 80.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Belarus peaked at 0.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2012.

Belarus ranks 12th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Belarus, year by year

Annual values for Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban) in Belarus, 2002 to 2020.
Year Value Change
2002 0.5%
2003 0.6% +11.1%
2004 0.5% -20.0%
2005 0.6% +14.6%
2006 0.7% +18.2%
2007 0.6% -10.8%
2008 0.6% -1.7%
2009 0.5% -14.0%
2010 0.5% -6.1%
2011 0.6% +21.7%
2012 0.3% -37.5%
2013 0.6% +57.1%
2014 0.5% -16.4%
2015 0.6% +30.4%
2016 0.6% -5.0%
2020 0.8% +45.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 8
2010s 0.5% 0.3% 0.6% 7
2020s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 1

Countries ranked near Belarus

  1. 9 Armenia 0.9% compare
  2. 10 Uganda 0.9% compare
  3. 11 Viet Nam 0.9% compare
  4. 13 Poland 0.8% compare
  5. 14 Serbia 0.8% compare
  6. 14 India 0.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Belarus?
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Belarus was 0.8% in 2020, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
What is the highest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Belarus?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2020.
What is the lowest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Belarus?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2012.
How does Belarus rank for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures?
Belarus ranks 12th out of 40 countries with data for 2020.
Is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures rising or falling in Belarus?
Over the last ten years it is up 80.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Belarus data come from?
The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
40 places, 421 data points, 1992–2021
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