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Belarus

WatchScore 3Open the map

Violence in the news: 3 reports in the week to Oct 19, 2026 · ×0.6 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    0

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    –

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    –

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    0

  • Population

    9.1 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 3

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level1

  • +3UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole countryUK FCDO travel advice

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    4

  • Refugees who fled

    27 581

  • Severe weather warnings in force

    3

  • Confirmed outages, places, 24 h

    2

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Belarus, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
–
2026-09
Share in food crisis
–
2026-09
Undernourishment
2.5%
2024
Refugees who fled
–
Refugees hosted
–
Internally displaced
–
Sanctions designations
893
2026-10-20
GDP per person
$10,279
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Belarus: Avoid all travel

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Minsk

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Oct 207…140.0 mm26 km/h
Wed, Oct 217…150.0 mm32 km/h
Thu, Oct 229…140.0 mm39 km/h
Fri, Oct 2310…136.9 mm37 km/h
Sat, Oct 2411…152.7 mm34 km/h
Sun, Oct 257…130.0 mm40 km/h
Mon, Oct 269…140.0 mm40 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets3

ItemPriceUSDYear
Bread (high grade flour) / KG3.42 BYR1.03+14%
Potatoes / KG1.74 BYR0.53+74%
Wheat flour / KG1.43 BYR0.43+43%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2022-05); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Disasters since 20001

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Droughts

  • Drought in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine, · Dec 21, 2025 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1759971 km2

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)