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Key facts
- Currency: Bhutanese ngultrum
- Capital city: Thimphu
- Region: Southern Asia
- Continent: Asia
- Land area: 38,140 km²
- Population: 782,455
- Political Leader: Lotay Tshering (Prime Minister)
Latest news (see all)
Ethnic Nepali political prisoners in Bhutan await justice after decades behind bars
Read: SCMP
2024-04-19
ISA joins hands with Bhutan to spur growth of solar energy in the Himalayan kingdom
Read: Times of India
2024-04-17
Meetings with India could affect Bhutan's border talks with China, analysts warn
Read: SCMP
2024-03-29
South Asian Network on Human Rights Calls on Bhutan to Free Political Prisoners
Read: Global Issues
2024-03-26
Metrics
General information
Business
| Central government debt | 111.01 % of GDP |
| Expense | 24.08 % of GDP |
| GDP | 2,768,000,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 5.64 annual % |
| Self-employed | 71.19 % of total employment |
| Tax revenue | 12.28 % of GDP |
| Unemployment | 6.04 % of total labor force |
| Vulnerable employment | 70.58 % of total employment |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 5,130.00 km² |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 1,035.20 kt |
| Fertility rate | 1.41 births per woman |
| Forest area | 27,270 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 0.00 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | -422.10 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 24.80 years |
| Methane emissions | 451.52 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 97.27 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Female Population | 368,525 |
| Male Population | 413,930 |
| Renewable energy consumption | 87.45 % of total final energy consumption |
| Rural land area | 39,040.70 km² |
| Rural population | 440,632 |
| Urban land area | 28.60 km² |
| Urban population | 341,823 |
| Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 0.00 % of total population |
Health
| Birth rate | 12.48 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 6.48 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 133.70 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 4.37 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 0.10 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital beds | 1.74 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 72 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 4.60 per 100,000 population |
Other
| Access to electricity | 100.00 % of population |
| Individuals using the Internet | 85.64 % of population |
| Net migration | 300 |
| Press freedom | 2.62 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 6,000 |
| Democracy score | 5.30 |
| Democracy type | Hybrid regime |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 17.39 % |
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Coordinates: [27°50′N, 90°50′N]
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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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