More than 1,800 machine-building enterprises operate in Belarus

In 2025, 194.3 thousand people worked in mechanical engineering of the country - 19.4% of the total number of people employed in industry and 4.7% of those employed in the economy. Such data are given in the Statistical Survey of Belstat for Machine Builder’s Day, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

The average age of workers in this industry was 42.5 years. Male predominance was 70.6%.

36.2% of employees had higher education, 35.8% had vocational education, 19.7% had secondary special education, 8.3% had secondary and basic education.

The nominal accrued average monthly salary in mechanical engineering in January-August 2026 amounted to BYN 3,036.9, which is 7.1% more than in the same period of 2025.

As of January 1, 2026, 1,801 mechanical engineering organizations were operating in Belarus – 123 more than a year earlier. Among them are 270 large and medium-sized enterprises.

The sector’s contribution to the country’s GDP in January-June 2026 amounted to 4.7%. Investments in mechanical engineering during this period reached BYN 965.7 million – 11.2% of the total investment in industry.

Belarus occupies one of the leading places in the world in the production of heavy trucks. Machinery products are exported to 117 countries. Every third ruble of revenue of the industry enterprises receive from the sale of innovative products.

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Machine Builder Day in Belarus is celebrated on the last Sunday of September.