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EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness

EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

5.6

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

5.2

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

4.0

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour4
Worker rights & FOA7
OHS & audit transparency4
Food & product safety3
Environmental & regulatory3
Governance & anti-corruption8
Tariff & preferential access8
Non-tariff barriers8
Supply chain traceability5

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict3
Supplier concentration4
Climate & physical risk2
Sanctions exposure8
Policy continuity & property rights9

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness5
Supply base depth5
Logistics & infrastructure5
Workforce skills6
Scalability4
Ease of doing business2
Trade access & tariffs1
Sustainability baseline3
Innovation & IP4
Quality standards5

9 = most attractive · methodology & sources

Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.

Data layers

Belarus and the EU

EU imports from

€407m

0.0% of extra-EU

EU exports to

€4.1bn

0.2% of extra-EU

EU supplier rank

EU's #129 supplier

EU trade balance

balanced or surplus

coverage 10.01

2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →

Electricity & grid

National sources · carbon from Ember

Electricity costs →

Industrial

55

EUR/MWh

Consumer

40

EUR/MWh, all-in

Grid carbon

314

gCO₂e/kWh

Renewables

4%

of generation

regulated market

Power market

Subsidised fuel monoculture

Market model

State monopoly (Belenergo)

Direct PPA

None

grid access: closed

Reserve margin

Regulator

Not independent

Ministry of Energy (no independent regulator)

A state monopoly (Belenergo) with subsidised tariffs and no market, now pivoting from near-total gas dependence to nuclear (Ostrovets VVER-1200, two units, ~39% of generation by 2025), but with no independent regulator,…

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

51 gas plants

8.3 GW · 16 building

Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →

Demographics

UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant

ASEAN demographics →

Median age

40.9

→ 48.1 by 2050

Fertility

1.22

below replacement

Working-age

66%

aged 15–64

Old-age dep.

26.8

→ 46 by 2050

Median age 1990–2050

Population 9.06M · peaks 2024

By 2050: -18% (7.45M)