Bhutan

Country in Asia

In brief

GDP growth per year: +8% (2025). World rank 13 of 209 (1 = best); in Asia, 4 of 47. Price level, USA = 100: 23 (2025). World rank 192 of 198; in Asia, 43 of 45. Living on under $3 a day: 0% (2022). World rank 1 of 116 (1 = best); in Asia, 1 of 28. From 2015 to 2025: GDP $2.2B → $3.6B, GDP per person $2,954 → $4,493, and GDP per person at purchasing power parity $10,214 → $19,594. Better than all its neighbours (China and India): GDP growth per year and unemployment. Worse than all its neighbours (China and India): youth unemployment.

Size and growth

GDP: $3.6B 2025
GDP per person: $4,493 2025
GDP per person at purchasing power parity: $19,594 2025
GDP growth per year: +8% 2025

Income and prices

Income level (World Bank): Lower-middle income
Gross national income per person: $4,310 2025
Inflation: +3.6% 2025
Price level, USA = 100: 23 2025

Structure and jobs

Agriculture, share of GDP: 13.7% 2025
Industry, share of GDP: 33.2% 2025
Services, share of GDP: 53.2% 2025
Unemployment: 3.2% 2025
Youth unemployment, ages 15–24: 17.1% 2025
Women in work or seeking work: 56.7% 2025

Trade and finance

Exports, share of GDP: 31.5% 2024
Imports, share of GDP: 47.9% 2024
Current account balance, share of GDP: -19.4% 2024
Foreign direct investment, share of GDP: +0.2% 2025
Remittances received, share of GDP: 3.3% 2024
Tax revenue, share of GDP: 12.3% 2020
Currency: Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN), Indian Rupee (INR)

Poverty and inequality

Gini index (0 = full equality): 28.5 2022
Living on under $3 a day: 0% 2022