International Rankings of Bhutan 2023, 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	57	0.4	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	185	3189	2020
Internet users - percent of population	22	86 %	2021
Internet users - total	160	670800	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	3	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	167	19680	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	100	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	165	778008	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	179	777.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	181	710.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	63	3.4 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	109	321.535 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	148	2.671 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	185	741.602 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	187	2.405 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	132	26 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	70	16.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	118	58 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	103	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	56	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	167	42 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	63	37.4 %	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	57	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
Imports	187	1.027 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	127	1.96 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	41	7.35 %	2021
Labor force	165	361000 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	27	58 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	70	20 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	153	22 %	2015
Population below poverty line	144	8.2 %	2017
Public debt	16	117.33 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	168	8.481 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	111	4.09 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	121	10900 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	144	1.056 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	158	12.98 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	158	4.33 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	71	22	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	87	15.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	73	18.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	101	328000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	185	606000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	93	211000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	100	37000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	67	174000 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	129	4.315 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	38	4.600 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	114	22.850 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	116	2.334 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	167	60.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	161	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	59	100.135 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	174	4400 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	184	3120 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	152	1.26 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	156	1.11 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	41	35.32 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	157	13.6	2018
Land use - arable land	138	2.6	2018
Land use - forest	4	85.5	2018
Land use - other	185	0.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	106	10.7	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	37	1.89 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	77	78.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	107	320.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	98	3.000 million cubic meters	2019
Total water withdrawal - municipal	111	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	53	2.52	2025
Urbanization - urban population	130	44.4	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	110	111314 tons	2007
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	121	957 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	83	0.9 %	2016
Geography
Area - land	136	38394 sq km	0
Area - total	138	38394 sq km	0
Area - water	212	0136 sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	13	7570 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	21	97 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	5	2220 meters	0
Irrigated land	119	320 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	116	1136 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	157	13.6	2018
Land use - arable land	138	2.6	2018
Land use - forest	4	85.5	2018
Land use - other	185	0.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	106	10.7	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	151	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	135	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	164	0.07 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	91	0.05 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	102	15.61 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	72	4.4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	46	62.8 %	2023
Death rate	139	6.05 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	114	8.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	62	11.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	160	40.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	113	32.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	6	99.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	109	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	100	0.2 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	59	0.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	17	7 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	83	0.86 %	2023
Hospital bed density	54	1.7 beds/1,000 population	2012
Infant mortality rate - female	55	25.34 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	70	25.86 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	61	25.61 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	142	74.25 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	124	71.84 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	135	73.01 years	0
Literacy - female	96	62.8 %	2021
Literacy - male	73	77.9 %	0
Literacy - total population	84	70.9 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	82	60 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	104	28.6 years	2020
Median age - male	88	29.6 years	0
Median age - total	96	29.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	81	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	127	6.4 %	2016
Physicians density	130	0.5 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	166	876181	2023
Population growth rate	81	0.96 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	47	90.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	72	16.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	65	13.6 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	48	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	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	15	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	9	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	12	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	105	1.77 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	53	2.52	2025
Urbanization - urban population	130	44.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	71	22	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	87	15.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	73	18.8	0
Transportation
Airports	120	3	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	97	11000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	115	690000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	129	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2017
Roadways - total	116	12205 km	2017
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bhutan 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bhutan 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.