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General Information

Region		Southern Asia
Population (000, 2024)		792^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		20.6^a
Capital city		Thimphu
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		203.3^c
UN membership date		21 September 1971
Surface area (km2)		38 394^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		114.8^a
National currency		Ngultrum (BTN)
Exchange rate (per US$)		83.3^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	2 041	2 458	2 898^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	8.6	-10.2	5.2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 746.4	3 181.3	3 704.3^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	14.4	16.1^f	15^f,b
Economy: Industry^e (% of Gross Value Added)	43.5	32.6^g	32.6^g,b
Economy: Services and other activity^e (% of GVA)	42.2	51.3^h	52.4^h,b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	58	49.9	44^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	9.7	14.9	15.2^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	32.4	35.2	40.8^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	2.4	5	6.1ⁱ
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	55.1 / 70.1	63.1 / 72.0	64.1 / 73.4ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	88	106	125^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	96	113	78^b
International trade: exportsⁱ (million current US$)	782	448	778^d
International trade: importsⁱ (million current US$)	1 753	2 457	3 654^d
International trade: balanceⁱ (million current US$)	-971	- 2 009	- 2 876^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-548	-381	- 1 000^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1	0.7	0.6^a
Urban population (% of total population)	38.7	41.6^k	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.7^l	...	...
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	75.3 / 71.6^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	27.0 / 8.3	23.4 / 9.0	20.9 / 9.6^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	51.1 / 7.0	53.6 / 6.9	... / ...
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	30.6	25.1	21.5^a
Health: Current expenditureⁿ (% of GDP)	3.8	4.4	3.8^i,o
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.3	0.5	0.6^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	6.3	5.9	7^o
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.9 / 101.1	106.6 / 101.2	107.9 / 99.9^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	100.2 / 86.9	97.9 / 85.6	97.4 / 83.1^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	72.4 / 66.9	75.2 / 70.7^i,c	90.2 / 79.3^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.6	2.5	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	8.5	14.9^p	17.4^p,q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internetⁱ (per 100 inhabitants)	39.8	76.9	86.8^b
Threatened species (number)	71	101	127^d
Forested area (% of land area)	71.2	71.4	71.5^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	1.1 / 1.5	0.9 / 1.2	1.2 / 1.5^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	77	91	93^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	95	92	101^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^r (000)	155	30	21^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	47	47	47^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	44.9 / 49.1	54.9 / 79.6	58.9 / 84.6^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	43.5 / 51.2	40.9 / 56.8	41.0 / 57.9^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	5.23	9.33	...

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		2018
d		2023
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
h		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Base: April 2019 = 100
k		2019
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.
o		2021
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		Data reflects the composition of the 2018-2023 legislature.
r		Including regional high end tourists.