International Rankings of Bhutan 2024, 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	0.40	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	185	3189	2020
Internet users - percent of population	22	86.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	160	670800	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	3.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	175	19566	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	100.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	167	778008	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	179	777.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	181	710.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	63	3.40 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	110	321.535 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	149	2.671 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	60	73.94	N/A
Exports	184	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	26.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	70	16.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	118	58.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	103	48.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	3	47.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	55	16.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	22	41.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	167	42.00 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	63	37 %	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	57	30.60 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2012
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	23	2.80 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	188	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
Population below poverty line	144	8 %	2017
Public debt	17	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	118	10900 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	76	4	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	144	1.056 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	158	12.98 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	158	4.33 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	71	22.00 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	87	15.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	73	18.80 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	101	328000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	185	606000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	174	934000	2019
Coal - consumption	93	211000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	100	37000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	67	174000 metric tons	2020
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 generation sources - hydroelectricity	1	100.00 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	59	100.135 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	174	4400 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	184	3120 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	152	1 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	156	1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	56	26 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	157	14	2018
Land use - arable land	138	3	2018
Land use - forest	4	86	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	106	11	2018
Revenue from forest resources	37	2 % 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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	130	44	2023
Geography
Area - land	135	38394 sq km	N/A
Area - total	139	38394 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	10	7570 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	21	97 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	5	2220 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	119	320 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	116	1136 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	157	14	2018
Land use - arable land	138	3	2018
Land use - forest	4	86	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	106	11	2018
Population Density	195	22.82 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	89	15.60 births/1,000 population	2023
Current health expenditure	72	4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	46	63 %	2023
Death rate	67	6.10 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	114	8.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	62	11.10 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	160	40.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	113	32.10 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	6	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - unimproved	59	1 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	17	7 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	84	0.86 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	53	25.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	67	25.90 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	60	25.60 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	92	74 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	83	72 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	89	73 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	96	63 %	2021
Literacy - male	73	78 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	84	71 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	82	60.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	105	30 years	N/A
Median age - male	88	31 years	N/A
Median age - total	90	30 years	2023
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	127	6.40 %	2016
Physicians density	130	0.50 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	165	876181	2023
Population growth rate	82	0.96 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	47	91 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	72	17 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	65	14 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	48	9 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	15	1.08 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	9	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	12	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	109	1.77 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	53	2.52	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	130	44	2023
Transportation
Airports	121	4	2024
Heliports	58	8	2024
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	6.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Roadways - total	81	12205 km	2017

*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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