Belarus
Eastern Partnership · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy desk-coded
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | EaP | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 29.9 | 44 | 38.9 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 56.2 | 25 | 44.4 | 62.8 | 7 / 20 |
| Legal | 31.2 | 39 | 33.2 | 63.8 | 4 / 12 |
| Institutional | 48.9 | 35 | 52.5 | 61.9 | 5 / 16 |
| Financial | 30.0 | 42 | 36.7 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 39.2 | 42 | 41.1 | 66.2 | 26 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 none dedicated; some measures in SME strategy 'Belarus - country of successful entrepreneurship' to 2030 and SED Programme 2021-2025 · source | 0/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 Ministry of Economy (EU/UNDP project partner); ministries reportedly tasked (2021) with a concept of SE legal regulation · source | 1/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 none found · source | 0/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 none · source | 0/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 none found · source | 0/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 Project-based support (EU/UNDP local development project; small NGO/private initiatives) · source | 1/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 EU co-funded UNDP 'Support to Economic Development at the Local Level' (May 2018 - Nov 2025, with Ministry of Economy), incl. ~USD 1.8m SE support mechanism · source | 1/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 none found · source | 0/2 |
Policy composite 18.8 of 100 (mean of the eight codes). No SE law, definition or strategy; SE operates through general forms with limited, project-based support, and EU engagement with authorities has been scaled down since 2020.
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Belarus: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/belarus/