Bhutan Bhutan

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Bhutan, is a country located at Southern Asia, it has an area of 38,390 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Bhutan, with a population of 753,000 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a moderate population density, 20 people per km2.

It's capital is Thimphu and its currency is Ngultrum

Bhutan is holding the 174 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 3,205 millions of euros (3,378 millions of dollars), ( 127.33% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €4,257 euros per inhabitant$4,486 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Bhutan, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.666 points in 2021, leaving it in 127th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Bhutan are business, you must know it's in the 89th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Bhutan, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Thimphu: Monthly Temp.
Thimphu: Monthly Rainfall
Bhutan Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2021€2,063M
Annual GDP [+]2021$2,442M
GDP per capita [+]2021€2,742
GDP per capita [+]2021$3,245
Debt (M.€.) [+]20223,205
Debt ($M) [+]20223,378
Debt (%GDP) [+]2022127.33%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€4,257
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$4,486
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-189
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-199
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-7.52%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022873.3
Expenditure ($M) [+]2022920.4
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2019124.3
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2019139.2
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202116.24%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]201748.2
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]201754.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20177.90%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202234.69%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€1,160
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$1,222
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2019€168
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2019$189
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€64
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$72
Corruption Index [+]202268
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201782º
Fragile States Index [+]201874.3
Innovation Ranking [+]201696º
Labour
NMW [+]2023$45.5
Human Capital Ranking [+]201691º
Business
Doing Business [+]202089º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202110.7%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2019315,599
Exports [+]2021€749.0M
Exports [+]2021$885.8M
Exports % GDP [+]202136.30%
Imports [+]2021€862.7M
Imports [+]2021$1,020.3M
Imports % GDP [+]202141.81%
Trade balance [+]2021€-113.7M
Trade balance [+]2021$-134.5M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-5.51%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202120
Global Peace Ranking [+]202317º
Remittance received ($M) [+]201740.1
% Immigrant [+]20207.20%
% Emigrant [+]20206.98%
Birth Rate [+]202112.48‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017196.0
Crude death rate [+]20216.48‰
Fertility Rate [+]20211.41
% risk of poverty [+]202212.4%
Population [+]2021753,000
Immigrant stock [+]202053,612
Emigrant stock [+]202051,998
HDI [+]20210.666
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023103º
Life expectancy [+]202171.82
Suicides [+]201591
Suicide rate [+]201512.75
Number of homicides [+]202019
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20202.46
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20212.34
Consumption GWh [+]20213,269
Generation GWh [+]20219,001
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/202421
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/202462,697
Fully vaccinated [+]10/30/2022677,669
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/202427.89
Doses administered [+]10/30/20222,011,426