{"id":130556,"date":"2025-03-18T20:26:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130556\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"minsk-minsk-region-account-for-half-of-gdp","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130556\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk, Minsk region account for half of GDP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Minsk and the Minsk region accounted for half of Belarus&#8217; gross domestic product in January-February 2025, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>&#8216;s analysis of statistics from Bie\u0142stat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The the economy grew by 3.1 percent year on year to 38.7 billion rubels (over $11.8 billion at the current exchange rate).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GDP of Minsk amounted to 12.33 billion rubels; the Minsk region, to 7.03 billion rubels; the Homiel region, to 4.55 billion rubels; the Brest region, to 4.38 billion rubels; the Hrodna region, to almost 4 billion rubels; the Viciebsk region, to 3.44 billion rubels; and the Mahilo\u016d region, to 2.99 billion rubels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 economic policy risks macroeconomic imbalance in 2025, researcher warns<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 18, Pozirk. Anatol Charyton\u010dyk, senior researcher at the BEROC think tank, has said at a news conference that Belarus\u2019 overheated economy creates risks to macroeconomic balance as the country entered 2025. The official targets of 4.1 percent for economic &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/126899\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 18, Pozirk. Minsk and the Minsk region accounted for half of Belarus&#8217; gross domestic product in January-February 2025, according to Pozirk&#8216;s analysis of statistics from Bie\u0142stat. The the economy grew by 3.1 percent year on year to 38.7 billion rubels (over $11.8 billion at the current exchange rate). 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