Economy of Belarus - Other Statistics

Other Statistics

Investment (gross fixed)–

• 24.2% of GDP (2005 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share–

• lowest 10%: 3.4%
• highest 10%: 23.5% (2002)

Distribution of family income - Gini index–

• 27.9 (123)

  country comparison to the world: 123

Agriculture - products–

• grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beets, flax; beef, milk

Industrial production growth rate–

• 11.5% (2008 est.)

  country comparison to the world: 8

Electricity–

• production: 29.91 TWh (2006)
• country comparison to the world: 63
• consumption: 30.43 TWh (2006)
• country comparison to the world: 58
• exports: 5.789 TWh (2006)
• imports: 10.15 TWh (2006), mainly from Russia, Ukraine, and Lithuania

Electricity - production by source–

• fossil fuel: 99.5%
• hydro: 0.1%
• other: 0.4% (2001)
• nuclear: 0%

Oil–

• production: 33,700 bbl/d (5,360 m3/d) (2007 est.)

  country comparison to the world: 67

• consumption: 179,700 bbl/d (28,570 m3/d) (2007 est.)

  country comparison to the world: 61

• exports: 256,400 bbl/d (40,760 m3/d) (2005 est.)

  country comparison to the world: 45

• imports: 394,100 bbl/d (62,660 m3/d) (2005 est.)

  country comparison to the world: 27

Natural gas–

• production: 164 million cu m (2007 est.)

  country comparison to the world: 75

• consumption: 21.76 billion cu m (2007 est.)

  country comparison to the world: 32

• exports: 0 cu m (2007 est.)

  country comparison to the world: 45

• imports: 21.6 billion cu m (2007 est.)

  country comparison to the world: 13

Current account balance–

• -$3.832 billion (2008 est.)

  country comparison to the world: 158

Exports - commodities–

• machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals; textiles, foodstuffs

Imports - commodities–

• mineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, metals

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold–

• $3.775 billion (November 2008 est.)

  country comparison to the world: 91

Debt - external–

• $9.127 billion (December 31, 2008 est.)

  country comparison to the world: 86

Exchange rates–

• Belarusian rubles per US dollar - 8,180 (Mar 7, 2012), 8,900 (Nov 9, 2011), 4,977 (May 31, 2011, after the devaluation) 2,130 (2008 est.), 2,145 (2007), 2,144.6 (2006), 2,150 (2005), 2,170 (2004)