The other day the National Statistical Committee presented statistics on the level of financial support of the citizens of Belarus. Research for the 1st quarter showed, that the poverty line is about 5,9% Belarusian citizens. Their income was below the minimum subsistence level for Belarus, which at the moment is 206,58 Belarusian ruble (about 6,4 thousand. rubles). In absolute terms - in the Belarus below the poverty line according to official statistics there are about 560 thousand citizens (population about 9,5 million people). Well deal with the financial security the citizens situation in the capital - Minsk (below the poverty line - less 1,5% the population). Worst of all - in the Brest region (8,2% poor).
Published data and the minimum wage in the Republic of Belarus. it is 305 Br (9461 Russian ruble). The average salary in Belarus in April was 921 b.r. (28,56 thousand. Russian rubles).
For comparison - the data on the Russian Federation.
Below the poverty line in the first quarter 2018 years lived in Russia about 12,4% the population. If proceed from the interest of data, it is more than double the performance of the Belarusian.
The minimum wage in the Russian Federation with 1 May is 11163 ruble. The average salary in Russia, if you believe the official statistics, It is at 35,8 thousand. rubles. But if in Moscow average salary is about 70 thousand, in a number of regions it is clearly not up and up 80% from the Russian average. for example, index Orel region, from which to Moscow at hand - 26540 rubles. This is below the average for Belarus.
Recall, that last year the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin allowed himself an expression of, that in rural areas in Russia are around 15 million “extra” of people, for which there is no work in the field, but because they could be introduced into the labor market of large cities, including the capital.
