Bhutan
Bhutan in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Bhutan recorded GDP per capita: 4,493 (2025), ranking 144 of 212 worldwide; Population: 796,682 (2025), ranking 165 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 73.3 (2024), ranking 123 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 3.56% (2025), ranking 78 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+5691%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-93%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 7 of 19 comparable series are higher and 11 are lower.
Its population of 796,682 (2025) makes it one of the smallest populations in this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 3,579,320,145.13 | 2025 | +5690.6% |
| GDP per capita | 4,492.78 | 2025 | +2142.5% |
| GDP growth | 8.01% | 2025 | +199.0% |
| Population | 796,682 | 2025 | +255.5% |
| Population growth | 0.65% | 2025 | -77.3% |
| Urban population | 43.43% | 2025 | +1649.3% |
| Inflation | 3.56% | 2025 | -64.4% |
| Life expectancy | 73.26 | 2024 | +101.5% |
| Infant mortality | 13.7 | 2024 | -92.9% |
| CO2 per capita | 2.01 | 2024 | +1667.8% |
| GDP (PPP) | 15,610,189,369.22 | 2025 | +1517.3% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 19,594 | 2025 | +1096.3% |
| Labor participation | 64.82% | 2025 | -8.1% |
| Unemployment | 3.23% | 2025 | +133.7% |
| Internet users | 91.28% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | +221.5% |
| Forest area | 71.61% | 2023 | +33.5% |
| Education spending | 5.85% | 2023 | +211.6% |
| Health spending | 4.42% | 2023 | +6.7% |