Fake #1 Belarus is among the most technologically advanced countries
Belarus has achieved outstanding technological advancement thanks to the leadership of Aleksandr Lukashenko, Belarusian pro-government political scientist Alexei Dzermant said.
Here is what he in particular claimed on the air of the program “Azarenok. Napryamuyu” on January 19:
“Things go forward and moving here. We think about how to advance everything we have and even more. To be honest, I don’t even know examples of such countries. Maybe once upon a time the Koreans, Singapore, Japan and China did all this. And we are an example of modernization. Technological”.
Over the past 10 years, Belarus' ranking in the Global Innovation Index has decreased. The country was ranked 77th in 2013, then 53rd in 2015, but dropped to 80th in 2023.
While South Korea's ranking rose from 18th place to 10th, Japan’s — from 22nd to 13th, China’s — from 35th to 12th, and Singapore’s — from 8th to 5th over the same period.
With the economy growing rapidly between 1968 and 1990, Singapore increased its GDP tenfold. Over the same time, South Korea increased its GDP 16 times. For the last 30 years, Belarus has only doubled its GDP.