| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $62.56 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
6.8% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $6,100 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 11.1%
industry: 36.4%
services: 52.5% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
22% (1995 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 5.1%
highest 10%: 20% (1998) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
28.2% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
4.8 million (2000 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $2.976 billion
expenditures: $3.211 billion, including capital expenditures of $180 million (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
metal-cutting machine tools, tractors, trucks, earthmovers, motorcycles, television sets, chemical fibers, fertilizer, textiles, radios, refrigerators |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
5% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
24.4 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 99.5%
hydro: 0.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.4% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
26.69 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
300 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
4.3 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beets, flax; beef, milk |
| Exports : |
$9.413 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals; textiles, foodstuffs |
| Exports - Partners : |
Russia 57.2%, Germany 4.7%, France 3.9% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$11.09 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
mineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, metals |
| Imports - Partners : |
Russia 68.8%, Germany 8.6%, Poland 2.9% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$851 million (2001 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$194.3 million (1995) |
| Currency : |
Belarusian ruble (BYB/BYR) |
| Currency Code : |
BYB/BYR |
| Exchange Rates : |
Belarusian rubles per US dollar - 1,790.92 (2003), 1,920 (2002), 1,390 (2001), 876.75 (2000), 248.795 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
