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Bhutan — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Bhutan, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
64.82%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -8.1% since 1990
Labor participation for Bhutan was 64.82% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 70.57% in 1990. The lowest was 62.60% in 2018 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.24% per year.
Bhutan ranks 64 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 34%. The median for South Asia is 58.80%, so Bhutan sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
64.82%
First (1990)
70.57%
Change
-8.1%
Highest
70.57%
in 1990
Lowest
62.60%
in 2018
Average
67.76%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.24%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.82% |
| 2024 | 64.9% |
| 2023 | 64.99% |
| 2022 | 63.09% |
| 2021 | 69.09% |
| 2020 | 67.83% |
| 2019 | 66.36% |
| 2018 | 62.6% |
| 2017 | 62.78% |
| 2016 | 62.96% |
| 2015 | 63.14% |
| 2014 | 62.61% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.