International Rankings of Bhutan 2022, 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	56	0.4	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	178	3189	2020
Internet users - percent of population	48	54 %	2020
Internet users - total	155	416671	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	52	3	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	159	22987	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	78	97	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	160	745137	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	174	737.400 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	173	655.300 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	59	3.4 % of GDP	0
Exports	51	790.000 million US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	176	2.405 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	123	26 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	65	16.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	113	58 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	97	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	53	16.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	20	41.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	156	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	29	6.3 %	2017
Labor force	154	397900 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	25	58 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	65	20 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	139	22 %	2015
Population below poverty line	135	8.2	2017
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	157	8.420 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	90	10900 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	81	27.2 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	91	12.7	2015
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	109	8.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	95	10.7	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	96	328000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	176	606000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	88	211000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	97	37000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	64	174000 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	126	4.315 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	37	4.600 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	110	22.850 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	114	2.334 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	160	60.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	151	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	66	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	59	100.135 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	166	4400 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	172	3120 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	146	1.26 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	150	1.11 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	39	35.32 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	148	13.6	2018
Land use - arable land	127	2.6	2018
Land use - forest	4	85.5	2018
Land use - other	171	0.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	98	10.7	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	34	1.89 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	72	78.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	109	318.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	148	3.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	154	17.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	50	2.52	2025
Urbanization - urban population	122	44.4	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	106	111314 tons	2007
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	115	957 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	81	0.9 %	2016
Geography
Area - land	131	38394 sq km	0
Area - total	132	38394 sq km	0
Area - water	189	0136 sq km	0
Coastline	159	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	10	7570 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	19	97 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	4	2220 meters	0
Irrigated land	113	320 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	111	1136 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	148	13.6	2018
Land use - arable land	127	2.6	2018
Land use - forest	4	85.5	2018
Land use - other	171	0.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	98	10.7	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	68	17.77	8211
Age structure - 25-54 years	27	44.72	5374
Age structure - 55-64 years	132	6.39	3280
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	146	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	131	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	159	0.07 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	88	0.05 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	97	15.94 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	74	3.6 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	118	6.22 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	104	8.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	62	11.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	150	40.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	105	32.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	6	99.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	104	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	97	0.2 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	56	0.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	15	7 % of GDP	2021
Hospital bed density	53	1.7 beds/1,000 population	2012
Infant mortality rate - female	51	26.86 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	66	27.22 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	58	27.04 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	131	73.49 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	117	71.19 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	128	72.31 years	0
Literacy - female	96	57.1 %	2017
Literacy - male	79	75 %	0
Literacy - total population	89	66.6 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	46	183 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	96	28.6 years	2020
Median age - male	81	29.6 years	0
Median age - total	87	29.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	74	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	121	6.4 %	2016
Physicians density	126	0.5 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	158	867775	2022
Population growth rate	79	0.97 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	47	90.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	68	16.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	62	13.6 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	46	9.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	13 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	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	19	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	10	1.12	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	9	1.13	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	7	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	9	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	95	1.79 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	50	2.52	2025
Urbanization - urban population	122	44.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	91	12.7	2015
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	109	8.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	95	10.7	0
Transportation
Airports	118	2	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	2012
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	93	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	134	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	112	690000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	125	275849	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	6	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	151	N/A km	2022
Roadways - total	105	12205 km	2017
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Bhutan on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bhutan 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bhutan 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.