The National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus (Belstat) has provided up-to-date data on the development of the digital economy in the country. According to official statistics, the headcount of employees in organizations of this sector exceeds 135,700 people. This accounts for 3.8% of the total headcount of employees in all organizations of the republic.

Employment structure by sector

In Belarus, several thousand digital-profile companies are successfully operating. Employment among them is distributed as follows:

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector: it is the largest, with 5,589 organizations employing more than 107,900 people.

Digital trade: includes 3,425 organizations providing jobs for about 15,000 citizens.

Content and mass media sector (media): unites 970 organizations with a total workforce of about 12,700 people.

Separately, high activity is noted in the field of retail internet trade, where currently 4,358 online stores are registered and operating. Their share in the total retail turnover of the country's trading organizations has reached a significant mark of 14.1%.

Economic effect and wage level

The digital segment continues to be one of the main drivers of the national economy and demonstrates high profitability. The net profit of digital economy organizations amounted to almost 3.2 billion rubles, with the lion's share of revenues – over 2.9