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

0.582 → 0.681 (+0.099)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 13 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth65.9 → 73.3 (+7.4)

Internet users5 → 91 (+87)

Urban population32 → 43 (+12)

Births per woman2.73 → 1.45 (-1.28)

Renewable share of energy91 → 83 (-8)

Access to electricity60 → 100 (+40)

Infant mortality44 → 14 (-30)

CO2 emissions per person0.8 → 2 (+1.2)

Forest area69 → 72 (+2)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series 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	96	—	95	0.3	53.6	—	—
1991	—	56.5	—	21	5.45	96	—	92	0.3	53.9	—	—
1992	—	57.2	—	22	5.27	95	—	88	0.3	54.1	—	—
1993	—	57.9	—	23	5.07	96	—	84	0.4	54.3	—	—
1994	—	58.4	—	23	4.87	95	—	81	0.5	64.0	—	—
1995	—	59.3	—	24	4.62	94	—	77	0.6	64.2	—	—
1996	—	60.0	—	25	4.37	93	—	73	0.7	64.5	—	—
1997	—	60.6	—	25	4.09	91	—	70	0.7	64.7	—	—
1998	—	61.3	—	26	3.85	92	—	66	0.7	65.0	—	—
1999	—	62.0	0	27	3.61	92	—	63	0.7	65.2	—	—
2000	—	61.8	0	28	3.38	91	31	59	0.7	65.5	—	—
2001	—	63.3	1	28	3.19	90	40	56	0.7	65.7	—	—
2002	—	64.0	2	29	3.01	90	44	53	0.8	66.0	—	—
2003	—	64.7	2	30	2.87	90	41	50	0.8	66.2	—	—
2004	—	65.3	3	30	2.78	91	52	47	0.8	69.4	—	—
2005	—	65.9	4	31	2.73	89	60	44	0.8	69.7	—	—
2006	—	66.5	5	32	2.66	92	60	41	0.8	69.9	1406	4860
2007	—	67.2	6	32	2.59	92	72	38	0.8	70.2	1850	5729
2008	—	67.7	7	33	2.48	88	68	36	0.8	70.5	1920	6035
2009	—	68.2	7	33	2.36	88	72	34	1.1	70.7	1918	6466
2010	0.582	68.8	14	34	2.25	85	73	32	1.3	71.0	2436	7246
2011	0.591	69.3	14	34	2.15	85	82	30	1.6	71.0	2788	7935
2012	0.597	69.8	16	35	2.07	83	92	28	1.5	71.1	2751	8577
2013	0.604	70.2	22	36	2.00	82	87	26	1.5	71.1	2680	8667
2014	0.615	70.5	30	36	1.92	82	91	24	1.5	71.2	2849	9323
2015	0.625	70.8	40	37	1.84	82	95	23	1.8	71.2	2954	10214
2016	0.635	71.1	47	37	1.74	81	99	22	1.9	71.2	3152	11273
2017	0.644	71.4	54	38	1.62	80	98	20	1.9	71.3	3435	11677
2018	0.655	71.7	63	38	1.52	80	100	19	2.3	71.3	3400	11970
2019	0.668	72.0	74	39	1.45	81	100	18	2.4	71.4	3577	12909
2020	0.675	72.3	77	40	1.50	84	100	17	1.8	71.5	3192	12475
2021	0.677	72.5	86	40	1.49	82	100	16	2.0	71.5	3571	13459
2022	0.681	72.8	88	41	1.48	83	100	15	1.9	71.5	3711	15061
2023	—	73.0	90	42	1.46	—	100	14	2.0	71.6	3831	16229
2024	—	73.3	91	43	1.45	—	100	14	2.0	—	4228	17762
2025	—	—	—	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	4493	19594
Profile shows	0.681	73.3	91	43	1.45	83	—	—	2.0	71.6	4493	19594

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; 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 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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