Belarus: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Ukraine’s highest peak towers 1,715 m above Belarus’

Belarus: 346 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 39% of Belarus

Belarus: 39.1% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

Ukraine has 4.3 times as many people as Belarus

Belarus: 9.09 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Ukraine is 50% more densely populated than Belarus

Belarus: 45 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ukraine is 1.4 years older than in Belarus

Belarus: 40.5 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Women in Belarus have 0.2 more children on average than in Ukraine

Belarus: 1.22 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

19% of people in Ukraine are 65 or older, versus 18% in Belarus

Belarus: 18.3% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Belarus hosts 74 times as many refugees per resident as Ukraine

Belarus: 4.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Belarus has produced 4.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ukraine 1.3

Belarus: 4.4 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Belarus has 2 official languages, Ukraine 1

Belarus: 2 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (2026)

Ukraine’s economy is 2.3 times the size of Belarus’

Belarus: $93.4 billion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

Belarus produces 84% more per person than Ukraine

Belarus: Int$34,716 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ukraine than in Belarus (Gini 1.2 points higher)

Belarus: 24.4 (2020) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

Belarus and Ukraine are practically level

Belarus: 0% (2020) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 3.4% in Belarus

Belarus: 3.4% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Belarus 2.4%

Belarus: 2.4% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Ukraine’s central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Belarus’ 13%

Belarus: 13% (2024) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

Ukraine’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Belarus’

Belarus: 30% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

Belarus spends 51% more on health per person than Ukraine

Belarus: $558 (2023) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

A baby in Ukraine is 4.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belarus

Belarus: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Belarus has 34% more doctors per person than Ukraine

Belarus: 4.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Belarus has 59% more hospital beds per person than Ukraine

Belarus: 9.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 1% higher than in Belarus

Belarus: 18.7 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

28% of adults in Ukraine are obese, versus 26% in Belarus

Belarus: 26.1% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

29% of adults in Belarus smoke, versus 24% in Ukraine

Belarus: 29.2% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

People in Belarus rate their lives 1.16 points higher than in Ukraine

Belarus: 5.82 (2021) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Adults in Belarus drink 2.9 times as much alcohol as in Ukraine

Belarus: 11.3 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Belarus has 2.3 times as much meat per person as Ukraine

Belarus: 111.7 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Belarus has 610 kcal more food per person per day than Ukraine

Belarus: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ukraine put in 170 more hours a year than in Belarus

Belarus: 1,875 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Adults in Belarus went to school 1.2 years longer than in Ukraine

Belarus: 12.3 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

Belarus welcomed 2.5 times as many tourists per resident as Ukraine (2019)

Belarus: 0.16 (2022) · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

Ukraine has 4 more World Heritage sites than Belarus (8 against 4)

Belarus: 4 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Ukraine has won 160 Olympic medals, Belarus 105

Belarus: 105 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Belarus are online, versus 82% in Ukraine

Belarus: 94% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Belarus: no data · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Belarus and Ukraine are practically level

Belarus: 100% (2024) · Ukraine: 100% (2024)

79% of people in Belarus live in cities, versus 70% in Ukraine

Belarus: 79% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

Ukraine has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belarus 131

Belarus: 131 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Ukraine’s railway network is 4 times as long as Belarus’

Belarus: 5,474 km (2021) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Airlines from Belarus fly 13 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

Belarus: 0.15 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Forest covers 44% of Belarus, but only 17% of Ukraine

Belarus: 44.1% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

The average person in Belarus emits 64% more CO₂ than someone in Ukraine

Belarus: 6.2 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

16% of Ukraine’s electricity is renewable, versus 4.8% in Belarus

Belarus: 4.8% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

The air in Ukraine carries 10% more fine dust than in Belarus

Belarus: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 58% more likely to be murdered in Ukraine than in Belarus

Belarus: 2.4 per 100k (2019) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Ukraine are 83% deadlier than in Belarus

Belarus: 10.2 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Ukraine is on average 1.9 °C warmer than Belarus

Belarus: 8.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Belarus gets 21% more rain than Ukraine

Belarus: 750 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 mm (2016–2025 avg)