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
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Belarus, 2002–2020
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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More health data for Belarus
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.3867 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,674 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 18 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -5.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.019 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -5.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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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