International Rankings of Bhutan 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Bhutan, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Bhutan, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	145	1.04	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	171	8774	0
Internet users - percent of population	139	48.11 %	2018
Internet users - total	157	368714	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	167	2.57	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	170	21581	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	159	86.79	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	164	729239	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	179	737.400 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	177	655.300 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	63	3.4 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	25	70	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	68	66	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	60	86.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	15	94.2	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	181	2.405 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	128	26 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	70	16.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	116	58 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	101	48 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	3	47.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	55	16.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	22	41.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	160	42 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	56	30.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2012
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	23	2.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	30	6.3 %	2017
Labor force	157	397900 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	27	58 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	68	20 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	148	22 %	2015
Population below poverty line	140	8.2	2017
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	162	9.029 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	108	11832 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	85	27.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	176	604900	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	140	2.184 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	33	5.763 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	80	1	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	2	99	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	100	84.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	121	1.632 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	109	7.883 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	148	3000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	177	3120 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	148	1.26 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	154	1.11 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	40	35.32 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	153	13.6	2018
Land use - arable land	134	2.6	2018
Land use - forest	4	85.5	2018
Land use - other	181	0.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	104	10.7	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	35	1.89 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	74	78.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	112	318.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	151	3.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	158	17.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	52	2.52	2025
Urbanization - urban population	137	43	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	108	111314 tons	2007
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	119	957 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	83	0.9 %	2016
Geography
Area - land	134	38394 sq km	0
Area - total	135	38394 sq km	0
Area - water	199	0136 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	4	7570 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	19	97 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	5	2220 meters	0
Irrigated land	115	320 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	113	1136 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	153	13.6	2018
Land use - arable land	134	2.6	2018
Land use - forest	4	85.5	2018
Land use - other	181	0.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	104	10.7	2018
Total renewable water resources	73	78.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	70	17.77 %	8211
Age structure - 25-54 years	28	44.72 %	5374
Age structure - 55-64 years	141	6.39 %	3280
Birth rate	98	16.17 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	42	65.6 %	2010
Current Health Expenditure	78	3.1 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	129	6.28 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	90	9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	65	11.1 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	130	45.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	95	36.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	6	99.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	96	0.3 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0.7 % of population	0
Education expenditures	12	6.9 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.2	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	105	1300	2020
Hospital bed density	52	1.7 beds/1,000 population	2012
Infant mortality rate - female	42	33.37 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	46	38.49 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	44	35.99 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	138	72.98 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	129	70.1 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	138	71.5 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	46	183	2017
Median age - female	100	28.6 years	2020
Median age - male	83	29.6 years	0
Median age - total	92	29.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	72	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	126	6.4 %	2016
Physicians density	125	0.42 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	161	857423	2021
Population growth rate	86	0.99 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	64	87.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	64	27.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	52	21.7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	43	12.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	14 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	13	1.12	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	9	1.15	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	7	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	9	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	104	1.8 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	90	12.7	2015
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	102	8.2	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	95	10.7	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	52	2.52	2025
Urbanization - urban population	137	43	2021
Transportation
Airports	120	2	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	76	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	2012
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	95	1	2012
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	13	690000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	127	275849	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	6	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	106	12205 km	2017
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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