National Statistical Committee
      of the Republic of Belarus
 

 

Official statistics

Annual data

Main socio-economic indicators1)

 

1995

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Population (end of year), thsd. persons

10177

9990

9951

9899

9849

9800

9751

9714

9690

94932)

94802)

Natural increase, decrease (-):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thsd. persons

-32,6

-41,2

-48,6

-57,9

-54,7

-51,1

-51,4

-41,7

-29,4

-26,0

-25,8

per 1000 population, persons

-3,2

-4,1

-4,9

-5,9

-5,5

-5,2

-5,2

-4,3

-3,0

-2,7

-2,7

Average annual number of employed in the economy, thsd. Persons3)

4410

4441

4417

4381

4339

4316

4403

4458

4505

4594

4626

Number of unemployed registered with agencies for labour, employment and social protection (end of year), thsd. persons

131,0

95,8

102,9

130,5

136,1

83,0

67,9

52,0

44,1

37,3

40,3

as percent of economically active population

2,9

2,1

2,3

3,0

3,1

1,9

1,5

1,2

1,0

0,8

0,9

Money incomes of households, bln. rubles

63077

5577

11506

17087

22795

29565

38622

48685

58670

75305

87401

Real money incomes of population, as percent of the previous year

66,4

114,1

128,1

104,1

103,9

109,8

118,4

117,8

113,2

111,8

102,7

Nominal gross average monthly wages and salaries of employees, thsd. rubles

755,1

58,9

123,0

189,2

250,7

347,5

463,7

582,2

694,0

868,2

981,6

Real gross average wages and salaries, as percent of the previous year

95,0

112,0

129,6

107,9

103,2

117,4

120,9

117,3

110,0

109,0

100,1

Average pension (end of year), thsd. rubles

387,2

36,4

65,0

89,6

113,9

172,6

211,0

277,6

328,2

389,4

429,5

Real pension (end of year), as percent of the corresponding period of previous year

130,3

143,2

122,1

102,3

101,4

132,4

113,2

123,4

105,4

104,7

100,2

Gross Domestic Product

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bln. rubles

121403

9134

17173

26138

36565

49992

65067

79267

97165

129791

136790

as percent of the previous year

89,6

105,8

104,7

105,0

107,0

111,4

109,4

110,0

108,6

110,2

100,2

Industrial production

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bln. rubles

131373

10501

18612

24912

33387

48530

62545

77267

95515

130830

127316

as percent of the previous year4)

88,3

107,8

105,9

104,5

107,1

115,9

110,5

111,4

108,7

111,5

98,0

Agricultural production

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bln. rubles

46525

2734

4539

6521

7814

10545

12826

15544

18102

25052

26595

as percent of the previous year5)

95,3

109,3

101,8

100,7

106,6

112,6

101,7

106,0

104,4

108,6

101,3

Investments in fixed capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bln. rubles

22381,6

1809,0

3049,3

4484,6

7131,2

10783,4

15095,8

20374,1

26053,3

37202,3

43377,6

as percent of the previous year

69,3

102,1

96,5

106,0

120,8

120,9

120,0

132,2

116,2

123,5

104,7

Commissioning of residential buildings
(thsd. square metres of total floor space)

1948,8

3528,5

3008,9

2810,5

3019,2

3501,5

3785,5

4087,5

4665,1

5102,2

5751,3

Retail turnover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bln. rubles

46853

4197

8171

11910

15170

19452

25230

31062

38168

50651

54736

as percent of the previous year

77,2

111,8

128,2

111,5

110,3

111,5

120,0

117,4

114,8

119,2

103,2

Paid services rendered to households

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bln. rubles

7673

633

1367

2496

4049

5212

6776

8307

9988

12608

14223

as percent of the previous year

95,0

104,9

109,0

108,7

111,2

112,9

115,3

111,2

111,5

113,9

102,8

Consumer price index (December to December of previous year; percent)

344,0

207,5

146,1

134,8

125,4

114,4

108,0

106,6

112,1

113,3

110,1

Producer price index in industry (December to December of previous year; percent)

221,8

268,0

139,1

142,6

128,1

118,8

110,0

109,0

116,8

116,4

111,1

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1) Data in value terms are given at current prices; data for 2000 are shown in terms of the new denomination (1 new ruble is equivalent to 1000 old rubles); indices are presented at constant prices.

2) Based on the current population records, taking into account provisional results of the 2009 population census.

3) Since 2005, the number of employed includes persons who performed work under civil-law contracts, and for whom this work was the only one.

4) Since 2006, industrial production index is calculated on the basis of production dynamics of representative goods (in physical or value terms).

5) Since 2000, the data are shown at average annual selling prices of the previous year.