Bhutan
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 796.7K (2025). World rank 165 of 216; in Asia, 46 of 49. Area: 38,394 km². World rank 137 of 249; in Asia, 36 of 50. GDP: $3.6B (2025). World rank 175 of 210; in Asia, 46 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 740.6K → 796.7K, GDP $2.2B → $3.6B, and GDP per person $2,954 → $4,493.
State
- Official name
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Local name
- འབྲུག་ཡུལ་
- Capital
- Thimphu
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
- Head of government
- Tshering Tobgay
- Independence
- August 8, 1949
- Women in parliament
- 4.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 796,682 2025
- Area
- 38,394 km²
- GDP
- $3.6B 2025
- GDP per person
- $4,493 2025
- Life expectancy
- 73.3 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Dzongkha
- Currency
- Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN), Indian Rupee (INR)
- Time zones
- UTC+6
- Calling code
- +975
- Emergency numbers
- 110, 112, 113
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- C, D, F, G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- China, India
- Agricultural land
- 13.8% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Gangkhar Puensum, 7,570 m
- Lowest point
- Drangeme Chhu, 97 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 2,220
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 6
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 13°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -2°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,200 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 20.8 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.7% 2025
- Living in cities
- 43.4% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +455 2025
- Born in another country
- 7% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 20.4% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 73% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 6.6% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 75.3 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 71.6 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 12.5 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.1 2024
Society
- Religions
- Buddhist 75.3%, Hindu 22.1%, and other 2.6% (2005)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 70.5 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 77.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 66.8 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 53.9 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 61.6 2025
Size and growth
- 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
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 28.5 2022
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0% 2022
Education
- Adult literacy
- 64.9% 2022
- Primary school enrolment
- 115% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 86.2% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 13% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.8% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.4% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $162 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 25.5% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.6 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 2.1 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.2 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 97% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 13.7 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 17.2 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 47 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.2% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 12% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 46.7% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 19.6% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.5% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 86.8% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 93% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 2.5 2020
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 16.2 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.9 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 90 2025
- Natural hazards
- landslides
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 30.1 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 2 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 3.6 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 70.3% 2024
- Protected areas
- 51.6% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 99,883 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 1.4% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 91.3% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 100 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 2.9 2024
- Internet domain
- .bt
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 82.5% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 100% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 0% 2021
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 189,878 2023
- Airports
- 4 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.1% 2024
- Researchers per million people
- 236 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 103 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 6 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 0% 2023