{"id":151949,"date":"2025-08-20T14:17:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T11:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151949\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"economy-ministry-projects-2-8-percent-gdp-growth-for-belarus-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151949\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy ministry projects 2.8-percent GDP growth for Belarus in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/minekonomiki_sb_by.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/minekonomiki_sb_by.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/minekonomiki_sb_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/minekonomiki_sb_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/minekonomiki_sb_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/minekonomiki_sb_by-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(sb.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 20, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus\u2019 economy is forecast to grow by 2.8 percent next year, with investments up by 3.1 percent and exports, by 3.7 percent, Economy Minister Juryj \u010cabatar has told the government meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Services, primarily tourism and IT, will be key drivers of economic growth, he said, adding that Belarus will prioritize markets in the Commonwealth of Independent States along with Asia, Africa and Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official defined housing construction, transport infrastructure and technical re-equipment of factories as priority areas for investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Real household incomes should rise by 4.8 percent in 2026, \u010cabatar added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 economic growth slowed to 1.3 percent year-on-year in the first seven months of 2025, down from 2.1 percent in the first half of the year, the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) reported earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian economy is expected to cool down in the medium term, with GDP growth projected to be close to 2 percent in 2025, followed by a slowdown to 0-1.5 percent in 2026, according to a recent report by the BEROC think tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The experts anticipate a prolonged period before the equilibrium is restored, since overheating in the second quarter of 2025 was close to peak levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the slowdown, the government maintains a GDP growth target of 4.1 percent for 2025.<\/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\/2025\/02\/dollary_chemodan_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dollary_chemodan_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dollary_chemodan_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dollary_chemodan_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dollary_chemodan_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dollary_chemodan_unsplash_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 aims to reverse tourism deficit with centralized oversight<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 18, Pozirk. The Belarusian Council of Ministers has prepared a decree to transfer the regulation of tourism from the Ministry of Sports and Tourism to the National Tourism Agency, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s office reported. The idea is to place the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/151673\">\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>August 20, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 economy is forecast to grow by 2.8 percent next year, with investments up by 3.1 percent and exports, by 3.7 percent, Economy Minister Juryj \u010cabatar has told the government meeting. Services, primarily tourism and IT, will be key drivers of economic growth, he said, adding that Belarus will prioritize markets in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":129410,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-151949","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Economy ministry projects 2.8-percent GDP growth for Belarus in 2026 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 20, Pozirk. 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