OREANDA-NEWS. January 27, 2012. Belarusians’ real disposable incomes [adjusted for inflation, minus taxes and duties] rose 0.1% on the year in January-November 2011, the National Statistics Committee said in a press release.

According to a preliminary report, individual incomes rose 49.5% on the year in January-November to 143.1 trillion Belarusian rubles (Br), while consumer prices increased 47.9% year-on-year. As a result, incomes rose 0.1% in real terms.

Incomes per capita amounted to 1,374,000 rubles in January-November 2011, twice the size of the minimum consumer budget and three times as much as the subsistence budget.

The average per capita minimum consumer budget for a family of four totaled Br886,450, while the per capita subsistence budget stood at 574,790 in fixed prices (September 2011).

Wages accounts for 65.2% of individual incomes in Jan-Nov 2011, up from 62.8% a year ago.

Social transfers – pensions, allowances and study grants – accounted for 19.9%, down from 20.8% in January-November 2010, and incomes from entrepreneurial activities and other income-gaining activities for 11.1%, down from 12.3%, and incomes from property – yield on deposit and dividends – for 3.8%, down from 4.1%.