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Bhutan Economic Indicators

Latest economic indicators and statistics for Bhutan.

Indicator Current Value Previous Value Frequency Period
GDP $3.02B $2.9B Yearly 2023
GDP Annual Growth Rate 4.88% 5.21% Yearly 2023
GDP per Capita $3,488.84 $3,349.73 Yearly 2023
GDP per Capita PPP $14,645.27 $14,061.31 Yearly 2023
Real GDP $2.74B $2.62B Yearly 2023
Annual Inflation Rate 2.76% 4.23% Yearly 2024
Annual Unemployment Rate 2.86% 3.13% Yearly 2024
Female Labor Force Rate 56.46% 56.62% Yearly 2024
Unemployment Rate 2.9% 3.6% Quarterly Q2 2025
Annual Exports $531.23M $452.96M Yearly 2012
Annual Imports $991.7M $1.05B Yearly 2012
Exports (% GDP) 28.33% 25.5% Yearly 2023
FDI Inflows (% GDP) 0.39% 0.29% Yearly 2023
Imports (% GDP) 53.24% 60.07% Yearly 2023
Net Trade (Goods & Services, BoP) -$568.59M -$902.3M Yearly 2024
Tariff Rate 6.77% 4.06% Yearly 2022
Trade (% GDP) 81.56% 85.57% Yearly 2023
Private Credit (% GDP) 53.17% 71.29% Yearly 2024
Adult Literacy Rate 72.1% 67% Yearly 2022
Gini Index 28.5 points 37.4 points Yearly 2022
Happiness Index 5.08 points 5.08 points Yearly 2018
Homicide Rate 2.46 1.04 Yearly 2020
Population 791,524 786,385 Yearly 2024
Poverty Rate 0% 2.6% Yearly 2022
Primary Enrollment Rate 106.08% 103.03% Yearly 2022
Agricultural Land (%) 12.8% 12.9% Yearly 2022
Annual CO2 Emissions 1.71M tonnes 1.64M tonnes Yearly 2023
Forest Area (%) 71.55% 71.5% Yearly 2022
Corruption Control 1.53 points 1.51 points Yearly 2023
Political stability index 0.98 points 1.01 points Yearly 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 18.5 19.1 Yearly 2023
Life Expectancy 72.97 72.75 Yearly 2023
Physicians per 1,000 people 0.55 0.56 Yearly 2022
Electricity Access 100% 100% Yearly 2023
Internet Users 88.4% 86.3% Yearly 2023
Travel Earnings $84M $120M Yearly 2020
Visitor Arrivals 29,800 316,000 Yearly 2020