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In brief

Using the internet: 94.3% (2024). World rank 33 of 188 (1 = best); in Europe, 17 of 44. Access to electricity: 100% (2024). World rank 1 of 214 (1 = best); in Europe, 1 of 47. Electricity from renewables: 3.2% (2021). World rank 177 of 206 (1 = best); in Europe, 42 of 42. From 2014 to 2024: using the internet 59% → 94.3%, mobile subscriptions per 100 people 120 → 131, and home broadband per 100 people 28.3 → 36.3. Better than all its neighbours (Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine): home broadband per 100 people. Worse than all its neighbours (Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine): electricity from renewables.

Internet and communications

Using the internet
94.3% 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
131 2024
Home broadband per 100 people
36.3 2024
Internet domain
.by

Energy

Access to electricity
100% 2024
Electricity use, kWh per person
4,415 2024
Renewable share of energy use
8.2% 2021
Electricity from renewables
3.2% 2021
Electricity from fossil fuels
61.4% 2024
Mains voltage
220 V
Plug types
C, F

Transport

Driving side
Right
Air passengers per year
1,322,490 2023
Airports
46 2025
Railways, km
5,528 2014

Science and innovation

Research spending, share of GDP
0.6% 2024
Researchers per million people
1,568 2024
Scientific articles per year
1,429 2023
Patent applications by residents
256 2024
High-tech share of manufactured exports
6% 2021