{"id":196769,"date":"2026-07-22T15:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/196769\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T15:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:46:15","slug":"belarus-reports-sharp-rise-in-unprofitable-businesses","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/196769\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus reports sharp rise in unprofitable businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 22, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The share of unprofitable economic entities, excluding small businesses, increased by 3.9 percentage points to 22.6 percent in January-May, according to <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> analysis of the National Statistics Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trend was observed in all regions and the city of Minsk:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brest region \u2013 a rise of 2.3 percentage points to 19.7 percent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Viciebsk region \u2013 3.6 pp to 17.8 percent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Homiel region \u2013 5.8 pp to 20.2 percent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hrodna region \u2013 4.5 pp to 20.8 percent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minsk region \u2013 7.4 pp to 23.4 percent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mahilo\u016d region \u2013 3.5 pp to 20.1 percent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minsk \u2013 2.7 pp to 27.5 percent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The average return on sales of the country\u2019s entities fell by 0.3 percentage point to 6.5 percent in this period.<\/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 reports rise in proportion of unprofitable companies<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 25, Pozirk. The share of unprofitable economic entities, excluding small businesses, increased by 1.5 percent to 13.3 percent in 2025 from 11.8 percent in 2024, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the National Statistics Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. The trend was &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/177132\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 22, Pozirk. The share of unprofitable economic entities, excluding small businesses, increased by 3.9 percentage points to 22.6 percent in January-May, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the National Statistics Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. The trend was observed in all regions and the city of Minsk: The average return on sales of the country\u2019s entities fell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-196769","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>Belarus reports sharp rise in unprofitable businesses | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 22, Pozirk. 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