Belarus vs Poland
Belarus vs Poland: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 6.6% a year in Belarus and 3.6% a year in Poland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belarus, by 3 percentage points, or 1.83 times that in Poland.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Belarus has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Poland.
- In 2025, Belarus ranked 33 and Poland ranked 65 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Belarus at 4.9% a year and Poland at 2.5% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Belarus | Poland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.6 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 11.4 |
| 2022 | 15.2 | 14.4 |
| 2021 | 9.5 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | 5.5 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | 5.6 | 2.3 |
| 2018 | 4.9 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 |
| 2016 | 11.8 | -0.6 |
| 2015 | 13.5 | -0.9 |
| 2014 | 18.1 | – |
| 2013 | 18.3 | 0.9 |
| 2012 | 59.2 | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 53.2 | 4.3 |
| 2010 | 7.7 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 13 | 3.5 |
| 2008 | 14.8 | 4.2 |
| 2007 | 8.4 | 2.5 |
| 2006 | 7 | 1 |
| 2005 | 10.3 | 2.1 |
| 2004 | 18.1 | 3.5 |
| 2003 | 28.4 | 0.8 |
| 2002 | 42.6 | 1.9 |
| 2001 | 61.1 | 5.5 |
| 2000 | 168.6 | 10.1 |
| 1999 | 293.7 | 7.3 |
| 1998 | 73 | 11.8 |
| 1997 | 63.8 | 14.9 |
| 1996 | 52.7 | 19.9 |
| 1995 | 709.3 | 27.9 |
| 1994 | 2,221 | 32.2 |
| 1993 | 1,190 | 35.3 |
| 1992 | 970.3 | 43 |
| 1991 | 83.5 | 70.3 |
| 1990 | – | 585.8 |
| 1989 | – | 251.1 |
| 1988 | – | 60.2 |
| 1987 | – | 25.2 |
| 1986 | – | 17.8 |
| 1985 | – | 15.1 |
| 1984 | – | 75.7 |
| 1983 | – | 22.1 |
| 1982 | – | 100.8 |
| 1981 | – | 21.2 |
| 1980 | – | 9.4 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Belarus | Poland |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.1 | 3.2 |
| 2027 | 5.1 | 2.8 |
| 2028 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2029 | 5 | 2.7 |
| 2030 | 5 | 2.5 |
| 2031 | 4.9 | 2.5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Belarus vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyBelarus: 74.4 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelarus: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelarus: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelarus: 93.1% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionBelarus: 4.02% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelarus: 19 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelarus: 9.12 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelarus: -0.65% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelarus: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelarus: 79.5% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageBelarus: 40.5 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelarus: 17.1% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelarus: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelarus: 2.4% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelarus: $1.83B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelarus: $215 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelarus: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelarus: 158,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelarus: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelarus: 3.17% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelarus: 466 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelarus: 1 million TIV in 2025Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025