LIVING STANDARDS

Main socio-economic indicators of living standard

	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Per capita money incomes, thsd. rubles per month	515,7	46,5¹⁾	96,2	143,5	192,4	250,8	329,3	416,9	503,9	648,2
Real money incomes of population, in per cent of previous year	66,4	114,1	128,1	104,1	103,9	109,8	118,4	117,8	113,2	111,8
Real disposable money incomes of population, in per cent of previous year	65,1	113,8	128,1	104,0	100,7	109,3	118,1	115,9	113,1	111,8
Average monthly nominal gross wages and salaries of employed, thsd. rubles	755,1	58,9¹⁾	123,0	189,2	250,7	347,5	463,7	582,2	694,0	868,2
Real gross average, in per cent of previous year	95,0	112,0	129,6	107,9	103,2	117,4	120,9	117,3	110,0	109,0
Average pension (end of year), thsd. rubles	387,2	36,4¹⁾	65,0	89,6	113,9	172,6	211,0	277,6	328,2	389,4
Real pension, in per cent of previous year	130,3	143,2	122,1	102,3	101,4	132,4	113,2	123,4	105,4	104,7

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¹⁾ In terms of the new denomination (1 new ruble is equivalent to 1000 old rubles).

Structure of money incomes of population

(per cent of total)

Purchasing power of per capita disposable money income of population

	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
*Foodstuffs which could be purchased with per capita disposable monthly money income, kg*
Wheaten bread	137	150	189	236	254	228	257	294	346	378
Potatoes	194	351	498	304	332	670	618	498	655	743
Fresh cabbage	138	334	304	214	242	569	352	477	455	451
Carrots	125	226	233	188	217	454	350	383	469	404
Apples	65	104	122	159	107	131	149	163	162	145
Granulated sugar	56	107	133	159	135	166	209	214	260	317
Vegetable oil	25	45	67	58	57	70	88	109	124	101
Beef	24	36	45	41	47	46	48	55	62	68
Pork	18	27	33	37	45	45	45	53	63	70
Fresh fish	21	26	34	38	43	51	66	80	84	97
Milk, l	220	294	310	284	306	317	377	439	496	498
Butter	15	25	36	31	31	32	40	46	55	54
Eggs, pieces	583	874	1058	1072	1177	1293	1480	1774	2122	2399

Consumption of basic foodstuffs in 2008

(per capita yearly; kg)

Main indicators of education

(beginning of academic year)

	1995/96	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09
Number of institutions providing general secondary education¹⁾	5007	4772	4718	4543	4408	4298	4187	4063	3927	3821
Enrollment, thsd.	1582,2	1547,6	1488,9	1430,0	1369,0	1303,4	1240,9	1179,3	1134,9	1083,2
Number of institutions providing secondary specialized education¹⁾	149	156	156	201²⁾	204	206	204	205	204	206
Enrollment, thsd.	122,4	150,3	155,4	160,9	162,3	158,4	154,1	152,5	155,0	157,3
students per 10 000 population	120	150	156	163	165	162	158	157	160	163
Number of institutions providing higher education¹⁾	59	57	58	58	59	55	55	55	53	53
Enrollment, thsd.	197,4	281,7	301,8	320,7	337,8	362,9	383,0	396,9	413,7	420,7
students per 10 000 population	194	282	303	324	343	370	393	409	427	435

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¹⁾ Including private educational establishments.

²⁾ Since 2002/03 academic year all establishments that provide secondary specialised education are included in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Belarus “On Education”.

Secondary specialized and higher education students per 10 000 population

(beginning of academic year; persons)

Main characteristics of public health

	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008¹⁾
Number of physicians of all specialities:
total, thsd. persons	42,7	45,8	44,9	44,8	45,0	45,3	45,6	46,4	47,0	48,1
per 10 000 population	42,0	45,9	45,1	45,3	45,7	46,2	46,8	47,7	48,5	49,8
Number of paramedical personnel:
total, thsd. persons	117,6	122,6	123,2	123,5	117,0	117,3	118,5	118,3	118,2	120,6
per 10 000 population	115,5	122,8	123,8	124,8	118,8	119,7	121,5	121,8	121,9	124,7
Number of hospital organisations	865	830	817	781	729	704	711	725	792	773
Number of hospital beds:
total, thsd.	127,3	126,2	125,4	118,5	112,0	105,3	108,8	108,8	108,9	107,7
beds per 10 000 population	125,1	126,3	126,0	119,7	113,7	107,4	111,6	112,0	112,4	111,3
Number of out-patient organisations	1622	1843	1856	1862	1918	1983	2005	2022	2027	2208

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¹⁾ Data for 2008 are preliminary.

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