Bhutan, year by year

Every index this site holds for Bhutan, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2010

Human development rose from 0.593 in 2010 to 0.698 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 14 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 73.3 years2024at birthUp 7.4 years from 65.9 years in 2005
Internet users: 91%2024of people onlineUp 87 points from 5% in 2006
Urban population: 43%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 12 points from 32% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.452024births per womanDown 1.28 from 2.73 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 83%2022of energy usedDown 8 points from 91% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 40 points from 60% in 2005
Infant mortality: 142024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 30 from 44 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 2 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 1.2 t from 0.8 t in 2005
Forest area: 72%2023of land under forestUp 2 points from 69% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 4 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	55.8	—	—	5.60	95.9	—	95	0.3	53.6	—	—
1991	—	56.5	—	21.0	5.45	95.9	—	92	0.3	53.9	—	—
1992	—	57.2	—	21.7	5.27	95.3	—	88	0.3	54.1	—	—
1993	—	57.9	—	22.5	5.07	95.9	—	84	0.4	54.3	—	—
1994	—	58.4	—	23.3	4.87	95.3	—	81	0.5	64.0	—	—
1995	—	59.3	—	24.0	4.62	94.4	—	77	0.6	64.2	—	—
1996	—	60.0	—	24.7	4.37	93.2	—	73	0.7	64.5	—	—
1997	—	60.6	—	25.5	4.09	91.3	—	70	0.7	64.7	—	—
1998	—	61.3	—	26.2	3.85	91.5	—	66	0.7	65.0	—	—
1999	—	62.0	0.1	26.9	3.61	91.6	—	63	0.7	65.2	—	—
2000	—	61.8	0.4	27.6	3.38	91.4	31	59	0.7	65.5	—	—
2001	—	63.3	0.9	28.3	3.19	90.2	40	56	0.7	65.7	—	—
2002	—	64.0	1.7	29.0	3.01	89.7	44	53	0.8	66.0	—	—
2003	—	64.7	2.4	29.6	2.87	89.7	41	50	0.8	66.2	—	—
2004	—	65.3	3.2	30.3	2.78	90.9	52	47	0.8	69.4	—	—
2005	—	65.9	3.9	30.9	2.73	88.7	60	44	0.8	69.7	—	—
2006	—	66.5	4.5	31.6	2.66	91.6	60	41	0.8	69.9	1406	4860
2007	—	67.2	5.9	32.2	2.59	92.0	72	38	0.8	70.2	1850	5729
2008	—	67.7	6.5	32.8	2.48	87.8	68	36	0.8	70.5	1920	6035
2009	—	68.2	7.2	33.3	2.36	87.8	72	34	1.1	70.7	1918	6466
2010	0.593	68.8	13.6	33.9	2.25	84.8	73	32	1.3	71.0	2436	7246
2011	0.603	69.3	14.4	34.5	2.15	84.9	82	30	1.6	71.0	2788	7935
2012	0.609	69.8	15.6	35.0	2.07	82.8	92	28	1.5	71.1	2751	8577
2013	0.616	70.2	22.4	35.6	2.00	81.7	87	26	1.5	71.1	2680	8667
2014	0.626	70.5	30.3	36.1	1.92	82.1	91	24	1.5	71.2	2849	9323
2015	0.637	70.8	39.8	36.7	1.84	81.6	95	23	1.8	71.2	2954	10214
2016	0.647	71.1	46.5	37.3	1.74	80.8	99	22	1.9	71.2	3152	11273
2017	0.656	71.4	54.3	37.9	1.62	79.7	98	20	1.9	71.3	3435	11677
2018	0.667	71.7	63.5	38.5	1.52	80.0	100	19	2.3	71.3	3400	11970
2019	0.680	72.0	74.2	39.1	1.45	81.0	100	18	2.4	71.4	3577	12909
2020	0.688	72.3	76.8	39.7	1.50	83.9	100	17	1.8	71.5	3192	12475
2021	0.691	72.5	85.6	40.3	1.49	81.8	100	16	2.0	71.5	3571	13459
2022	0.695	72.8	88.4	40.9	1.48	82.5	100	15	1.9	71.5	3711	15061
2023	0.698	73.0	90.0	41.7	1.46	—	100	14	2.0	71.6	3831	16229
2024	—	73.3	91.3	42.6	1.45	—	100	14	2.0	—	4228	17762
2025	—	—	—	43.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	4493	19594
On the profile	0.698	73.3	91.3	43.4	1.45	82.5	—	—	2.0	71.6	4493	19594

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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