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   Belarus: the budget came out better than the IMF forecast in 12 years out of 14

   Each April the IMF forecasts the next year. For Belarus, in 2011–2024 the budget came out better than forecast in 12 of 14 years, typically by 1.4 percentage points of GDP. The biggest miss: 2018 — in April 2017 the IMF expected a deficit of 7.7% of GDP, the outcome was a surplus of 1.8% of GDP.

   Source: IMF World Economic Outlook 2007–2026Open on the chart →

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• Belarus: an older population than the UK
• Belarus: more deaths than births
• Goals to cut infant mortality: 4 of 10 came true on time. Turkey promised below 5 per 1,000 by 2023 and had 9.8
• Goals to lengthen lives: 7 of 13 came true on time. Sri Lanka expected 80 years by 2016 and had 76.1
• Belarus: women outlive men by 9.6 years, 1.8 times the world average
• Belarus: the UN's 2022 projection did not expect births this low even by 2100

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