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General Information

Region		Southern Asia
Population (000, 2025)		797^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		20.8^a
Capital city		Thimphu
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		203.3^c
UN membership date		21 September 1971
Surface area (km2)		38 394^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		114.6^a
National currency		Ngultrum (BTN)
Exchange rate (per US$)		85.6^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	2 188	2 458	3 019^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.7	-10.2	4.9^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 954.0	3 192.0	3 839.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	12.7	16.1	15.4^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	40.8	32.6	30.4^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,h (% of GVA)	46.4	51.3	54.2^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	58	49.9	43.8^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	9.7	14.9	15.3^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	32.4	35.2	40.9^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	2.4	5	2.8ⁱ
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	55.0 / 70.0	63.0 / 71.9	56.3 / 72.2ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	88^j	106^j	101^k,d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	96	112	76^b
International trade: exportsⁱ (million current US$)	782	448	812^d
International trade: importsⁱ (million current US$)	1 753	2 457	4 221^d
International trade: balanceⁱ (million current US$)	-971	- 2 008	- 3 409^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-548	-381	-670^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1	0.7	0.7^a
Urban population (% of total population)	38.7	41.6^l	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.7^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.8	1.5	1.4^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	72.5 / 69.4	74.2 / 70.6	75.6 / 71.8^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	27.0 / 8.3	23.4 / 9.0	20.4 / 9.8^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	51.1 / 6.9	53.6 / 7.0	55.7 / 7.0^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	30.6	25.1	20.5^a
Health: Current expenditure^o (% of GDP)	3.5	4.1	4.4^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.3	0.5	0.6^p
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	105.8 / 100.5	108.2 / 99.9	119.3 / 110.8^d
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.8 / 85.6	99.3 / 84.4	100.5 / 81.2^d
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	73.7 / 66.2	76.5 / 69.6^i,c	93.2 / 79.2^p
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.6	2.5	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	8.5	14.9^q	4.3^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internetⁱ (per 100 inhabitants)	39.8	76.9	88.4^b
Threatened species (number)	71	101	134^d
Forested area (% of land area)	71.2	71.4	71.6^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	1.1 / 1.5	0.9 / 1.2	1.3 / 1.7^p
Energy production, primary^r (Petajoules)	77	91	93^p
Energy supply per capita^r (Gigajoules)	95	92	106^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s (000)	155	30	21^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	46.9	46.9	46.9^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	44.9 / 49.1	54.9 / 79.6	58.9 / 84.6^p
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	43.5 / 51.2	40.9 / 56.8	41.0 / 57.9^p
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	4.84	8.8	7.1^p

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2018
d		2024
e		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
h		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Base: April 2019 = 100
k		Base: May 2023-April 2024=100.
l		2019
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.
p		2022
q		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
r		Data refer to fiscal years ending 30 June.
s		Including regional high end tourists.