Around 5.1 million women live in Belarus today. They account for 53.4% of the country's population*.
Average age – 42.6 years
Urban dwellers – 41.2 years
Rural dwellers – 487.9 years
Life Expectancy – 79 years**
Today, every second worker in the country's organizations is woman:
Healthcare and other social sector institutions - 85.7%,
Education - 81.7%,
Finance and insurance - 74.8%,
Public administration - 57.2%,
Information and communication – 45.6%,
Industry – 42.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishery – 39.3%
Construction – 19.8%
66,200 women got married in 2017.
The average age at first marriage – 25.8%
The average age at first birth – 26.3 years**
In 2017, about 1,000 women married at the age of over 60.
*According to the preliminary data
**According to 2016 data
Source: Belarusian Statistics Committee