• 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020

Information on the adoption of orphans and children left without parental care in 2016

(number of persons)

 

Are registered for adoption at the end of the year

Adopted children in a year – total

Including in

Republic of Belarus

foreign countries

 

 

Number of children – total

10688

655

559

96

including:

 

 

 

 

Boys

5772

329

282

47

Girls

4916

326

277

49

Of the total number of children, age, years:

 

 

 

 

up to a year

36

148

148

-

1-2 years

95

213

213

-

3-5 years

335

132

132

-

6-9 years

5404

57

44

13

10-13 years

77

18

59

14-17 years

4818

28

4

24

Were:

 

 

 

 

in children's homes

127

195

195

-

in orphanages

747

50

15

35

in boarding schools

1360

26

1

25

in shelters

48

30

26

4

in family-type orphanages

1439

33

33

-

in a foster, guardian family

 

5206

238

236

2

on other forms of placement of orphans and children left without parental care

47

47

-

studied in institutions of vocational,technical, secondary specialized and higher education

1399

7

-

7

in children's villages

362

29

6

23

Of the total number of children:

by region:

 

 

 

 

Brest

1327

85

66

19

Vitebsk

1679

82

72

10

Gomel

1753

106

103

3

Grodno

1113

99

94

5

Minsk City

1372

117

88

29

Minsk

1804

99

79

20

Mogilev

1640

67

57

10

 

 

 

Information on the adoption of orphans and children left without parental care in 2017

(number of persons)

 

Are registered for adoption at the end of the year

Adopted children in a year – total

Including in

Republic of Belarus

foreign countries

Number of children – total

10215

548

524

24

including:

 

 

 

 

Boys

5640

279

267

12

Girls

4575

269

257

12

Of the total number of children, age, years:

 

 

 

 

up to a year

38

114

114

-

1-2 years

119

189

189

-

3-5 years

299

137

137

-

6-9 years

4594

61

59

2

10-13 years

29

16

13

14-17 years

5165

18

9

9

Were:

 

 

 

 

in children's homes

156

155

155

-

in orphanages

964

34

20

14

in boarding schools

1133

5

-

5

in shelters

50

40

39

1

in family-type orphanages

1409

42

42

-

in a foster, guardian family

4897

230

230

-

on other forms of placement of orphans and children left without parental care

34

34

-

studied in institutions of vocational,technical, secondary specialized and higher education

1512

3

1

2

in children's villages

364

5

3

2

Of the total number of children:

by region:

 

 

 

 

Brest

1284

54

53

1

Vitebsk

1534

86

80

6

Gomel

1653

95

94

1

Grodno

1083

89

86

3

Minsk City

1350

69

62

7

Minsk

1779

82

79

3

Mogilev

1532

73

70

3

 

Information on the adoption of orphans and children left without parental care in 2018

(number of persons)

 

Registered for adoption at the end of the year

Adopted children in a year – total

Including in

Republic of Belarus

foreign countries

Number of children – total

10489

557

439

118

including:

 

 

 

 

Boys

5682

282

214

68

Girls

4807

275

225

50

Of the total number of children, age, years:

 

 

 

 

up to a year

37

117

117

-

1-2 years

142

175

175

-

3-5 years

408

99

99

-

10-13yr

4400

51

34

17

6-13 years

78

7

71

14-17 years

5502

37

7

30

Were:

 

 

 

 

in children's homes

164

159

159

-

in orphanages

552

57

13

44

in boarding schools

1102

48

1

47

in shelters

49

20

16

4

in family-type orphanages

1391

40

40

-

in a foster, guardian family

5473

178

178

-

on other forms of placement of orphans and children left without parental care

52

31

21

studied in institutions of vocational,technical, secondary specialized and higher education

1758

3

1

2

Of the total number of children:

by region:

 

 

 

 

Brest

1165

40

33

7

Vitebsk

1506

82

70

12

Gomel

1563

77

69

8

Grodno

980

80

72

8

Minsk City

1283

98

64

34

Minsk

2595

108

77

31

Mogilev

1397

72

54

18

 

 

 

Information on the adoption of orphans and children left without parental care in 2019

(number of persons)

 

 

Are registered for adoption at the end of the year

Adopted children in a year – total

Including in

Republic of Belarus

foreign countries

Number of children – total

8564

530

452

78

including:

 

 

 

 

Boys

4726

253

207

46

Girls

3838

277

245

32

Of the total number of children, age, years:

 

 

 

 

up to a year

32

97

97

-

1-2 years

108

187

187

-

3-5 years

274

112

112

-

6-9 years

950

52

37

15

10-13 years

2381

54

14

40

14-17 years

4819

28

5

23

Were:

 

 

 

 

hospitals, maternity hospitals

-

22

22

-

in children's homes

148

174

174

-

in orphanages

378

39

15

24

in boarding schools

110

11

-

11

in auxiliary boarding schools

504

10

-

10

in special boarding schools

169

10

-

10

in care homes

278

-

-

-

Cadet schools

22

-

-

-

in shelters

45

13

13

-

in children's villages (towns)

237

19

5

14

in SOS Children's Villages

124

-

-

-

in foster families

753

107

105

2

in foster families

2773

68

68

-

in family-type orphanages

1348

48

48

-

in the family

-

3

3

1

studied in institutions of vocational,technical, secondary specialized and higher education

1675

6

-

-

Of the total number of children:

by region:

 

 

 

 

Brest

988

60

52

8

Vitebsk

1375

88

72

16

Gomel

1434

91

83

8

Grodno

917

48

48

-

Minsk city

1004

90

69

21

Minsk

1612

85

68

17

Mogilev

1234

68

60

8

 

 

 

Information on the adoption of orphans and children left without parental care in 2020

(number of persons)

 

 

Are registered for adoption at the end of the year

Adopted children in a year – total

Including in

 

Altogether

 

of these children with disabilities

Republic of Belarus

foreign countries

Number of children – total

7333

384

29

344

40

including:

 

 

 

 

 

Boys

4135

181

13

155

26

Girls

3198

203

16

189

14

Of the total number of children, age, years:

 

 

 

 

 

up to a year

35

65

2

65

-

1-2 years

95

122

6

122

-

3-5 years

244

108

4

108

-

6-9 years

846

43

6

32

11

10-13 years

1941

32

8

13

19

14-17 years

4172

14

3

4

10

Were:

 

 

 

 

 

hospitals, maternity hospitals

4

15

-

15

-

in children's homes

145

94

3

94

-

in orphanages

307

31

5

8

23

in boarding schools for orphans

71

1

 

-

1

in auxiliary boarding schools

377

10

7

1

9

in special boarding schools

165

2

-

-

2

in care homes

268

-

-

-

-

Cadet schools

12

-

-

-

-

in socio-pedagogical centers

40

13

-

13

-

in children's villages (towns)

244

3

-

1

2

in SOS Children's Villages

106

2

-

-

2

in foster families

513

95

11

95

-

in foster families

2355

61

3

61

-

in family-type orphanages

1312

55

-

55

-

in the adoptive family

-

1

 

1

-

studied in institutions of vocational,technical, secondary specialized and higher education

1434

1

 

-

1

Of the total number of children:

by region:

 

 

 

 

 

Brest

946

49

2

46

3

Vitebsk

1297

46

3

44

2

Gomel

1249

97

7

88

9

Grodno

827

40

3

39

1

Minsk city

515

61

5

50

11

Minsk

1423

46

5

38

8

Mogilev

1076

45

4

39

6