Belarus
- Official Name:
- Republic of Belarus (Belarus)
- Area:
- 207.600 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 9.724.723 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- No tiene
- Capital:
- Minsk
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Mazyr
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: ND
- Exclusive economic zone: ND
- Continental shelf: ND
- Political divisions:
- 6 provinces (voblastsi, singular - voblasts') and 1 municipality* (horad); Brest, Homyel', Horad Minsk*, Hrodna, Mahilyow, Minsk, Vitsyebsk Note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers
- Language(s):
- Belarusian, Russian, other
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 3 July (1944); Note - 3 July 1944 was the date Minsk was liberated from German troops, 25 August 1991 was the date of independence from the Soviet Union
- Nationality:
- Belarusian(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 2. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
- Member of:
- BSEC (observer), CEI, CIS, EAEC, EAPC, EBRD, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, NSG, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
- Internet country code:
- .by
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Belarusian ruble (BYB/BYR) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD8.100 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 28.980.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 9,9% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2005 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 9,3%
- Industry: 31,6%
- Services: 59,1%
- Labor force:
- 4.300.000 (2005 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2003):
-
- Agriculture 14%
- Industry: 34,7%
- Services 51,3%
- Unemployment rate:
- 1,6% (2005 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 9,5% (2005 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 25,9% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD6.578.000.000
- Expenditures: USD7.164.000.000
- Public debt:
- ND
- Current account balance:
- USD -511.800.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 19.610.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
- Exports - Partners:
- Russia 35,8%, Netherlands 15,1%, UK 7%, Ukraine 5,7%, Poland 5,3%, Germany 4,4% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 21.120.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Mineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, metals
- Imports - partners:
- Russia 60,6%, Germany 6,7%, Ukraine 5,4% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 1.329.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 5.498.000.000 (2006)
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