IndicatorBTNBhutanSouth Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.7rank #76Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)77.8rank #21Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.5rank #48Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.46rank #55Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.68rank #78Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)66.8rank #56Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.7rank #76Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.35rank #67Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)90rank #9Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)53.9rank #101Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)70.5rank #50Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.87rank #34Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.57rank #62Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.46rank #66Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)61.6rank #86Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)4.3%rank #164Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.68rank #97Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)42.4%rank #35Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)13.7%rank #45Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table180,952.9rank #77Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)-19.4%rank #164Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT62.7%rank #50Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)114.5%rank #109Data 2023 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.24%rank #159Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)3.58Brank #158Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)8%rank #11Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)4,492.8rank #123Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)16,743.9rank #97Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)13,842.8rank #104Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)24.1%rank #91Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)42.6%rank #3Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)22.9%rank #69Data 2024 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)0.01%rank #157Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)33.2%rank #34Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)3.6%rank #101Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT64.8%rank #63Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)3.3%rank #64Data 2024 · Status unspecified
R&D expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.1%rank #28Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Researchers in R&Dper millionWorld Bank (WDI)236.3rank #26Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)12.3%rank #99Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)79.4%rank #91Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)3.2%rank #46Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT3.1%rank #45Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)69%rank #155Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)17.1%rank #119Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT16.2%rank #116Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)31.5%rank #100Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)47.9%rank #81Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)800Mrank #159Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)2.18Brank #161Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)99.5%rank #35Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)86.8%rank #111Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data1.7rank #77Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data3,106.7rank #71Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF98%rank #2Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)4.4%rank #142Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)13.7rank #67Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)73.3rank #123Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)47rank #36Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)97%rank #3Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF97%rank #3Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF7.6%rank #23Data 2010 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)0.55rank #80Data 2022 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)30.1rank #152Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)16.2rank #69Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Smoking prevalence% adultsWorld Bank (WDI)19.6%rank #66Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF17.9%rank #18Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)4.9rank #57Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)191rank #118Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF17.2rank #111Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF5.1%rank #14Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)64.9%rank #37Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)5.8%rank #15Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)13.2rank #106Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)5.8rank #160Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)86.5%rank #84Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)114.9%rank #12Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)86.2%rank #76Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)13%rank #84Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)12.5rank #113Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)1.4rank #159Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP29.4rank #117Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP0.37rank #86Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)796,682rank #165Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)0.65%rank #127Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP79.1rank #110Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP882.3rank #166Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP38.6rank #202Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)43.4%rank #155Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data1.66Mrank #160Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data2.1rank #124Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber0%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber0%rank #162Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber0%rank #104Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)70.4%rank #18Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch7.8rank #138Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber23.6rank #2Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)82.5%rank #7Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch6.1rank #39Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)359.5rank #146Data 2007 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)5rank #208Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)0.43%rank #14Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)51.6%rank #4Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)13.8%rank #165Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)58rank #160Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)3,552.3rank #81Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)82.5rank #181Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)0rank #144Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)99.8rank #116Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)1,339.2rank #99Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR77rank #24Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)56.7%rank #67Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)2.9rank #120Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)0.96rank #58Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.28rank #64Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)28.5rank #8Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)2.5rank #61Data 2020 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.7rank #97Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.48rank #98Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)91.3%rank #47Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data5.1rank #92Data 2018 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.59rank #86Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #1Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #1Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #3Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.02rank #59Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR7,257rank #108Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT20.1%rank #103Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP4rank #3Data 1997 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data0rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2rank #14Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)1.1rank #12Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.8rank #18Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.2rank #32Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.7rank #34Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.7rank #30Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.8rank #15Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP0rank #1Data 2004 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.9rank #38Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.5rank #15Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)0.9rank #6Data 2026 · Status unspecified