Belstat reported how actively older people in Belarus use the Internet and get married

How active are older people in Belarus using the Internet and getting married? This is reported in the Statistical Survey of the National Statistical Committee dedicated to the Day of Older Persons, which is celebrated in Belarus on October 1.

The share of older people aged 65 and older with access to the Internet in 2025 was 75.2% of the total population at this age, of which 79.6% were online daily. Older people used the Internet most often to make calls or send and receive e-mail messages (90.8%). For communication in social networks (forums, chats, blogs) – 72.4%, for watching movies, listening to music, computer games, downloading – 70.5%, for searching information related to health or health services – 68.6%, for reading, downloading newspapers, magazines, literature – 66.3%, for searching information about goods and services – 63.6%.

As of January 1, 2026, 1.68 million elderly citizens aged 65 years and older lived in the country. The share of women among the population at this age was 66%, men - 34%. The majority of the elderly live in urban areas (73.4%).

Men 65 and older are more likely to marry than women at the same age. In 2025, 1,079 older men and 713 women were married. In 547 cases, both married were aged 65 or older.

The share of employed persons aged 65-74 years in 2025 is equal to 2.4% of the total employed population. At the same time, the share of the elderly from the total number of employed persons aged 65-74 years in creativity, sports, entertainment and recreation - 6.7%, in activities in the field of administrative and support services - 5.4%, in education - 4.9%, in health and social services - 4.4%.

The share of elderly people aged 65-74 in the total number of volunteers in 2025 was established at 19.7%. The most popular areas of the volunteer movement were assistance to animals (67.4%), social work (11.3%), and participation in the work of public, religious and other organizations (6.9%).

At the beginning of 2026, the proportion of people aged 65 and older engaged in exercise or sports in their leisure time was equal to 32.1 percent of the total population at that age. Of these, 94.1% exercised independently and 71.9% exercised four or more times a week. In Dzerzhinsk on October 1, will start the Republican marathon in Scandinavian walking “Step to longevity”