Belarus vs Kazakhstan

Belarus and Kazakhstan compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Kazakhstan has about 2.3 times as many people as Belarus: 20.8 million against 9.1 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Kazakhstan ($14,692) is 43% higher than in Belarus ($10,279) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Kazakhstan (6.5%) than in Belarus (1.3%), a difference of 5.2 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Kazakhstan (11.4%) than in Belarus (6.6%), a difference of 4.8 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Kazakhstan (4.8%) than in Belarus (3.4%), a difference of 1.4 percentage points in 2025.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Belarus (74.4 years) and Kazakhstan (74.5 years) in 2024.
• The population of Belarus is older: half of its people are over 40.5 years, against 29.5 years in Kazakhstan in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Belarus (94.3%) than in Kazakhstan (93.4%), a difference of 0.9 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Kazakhstan (12.6 tonnes) are about 2.1 times as high as in Belarus (5.9 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Belarus (44.1%) than in Kazakhstan (1.3%), a difference of 42.8 percentage points in 2024.