Environment in Bhutan

1,754 indicators covering environment for Bhutan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Emissions of ozone-depleting substances 0 ODP tonnes 2021 1st
Consumption of ozone-depleting substances 0.03 ODP tonnes 2021 down 89.3% 135th
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita 99.9% 2024 up 3.1% 58th
Share of population using at least a basic drinking water source 99.5% 2024 up 4.1% 72nd
People using at least a basic drinking water source 787,935 people 2024 up 12.3% 162nd
People not using improved drinking water sources 548.99 people 2024 down 97.6% 159th
Share of population not using improved drinking water sources 0.1% 2024 down 97.7% 174th
Share of the population using improved water sources 99.9% 2024 up 3.1% 58th
Special coated paper and pulp products (export/import) — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 173rd
Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF -8.54 Mt CO2e 2023 up 12.1% 166th
Wooden wrapping and packaging material (export/import) — Export value 1 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 172nd
Composite paper and paperboard (export/import) — Import value 8 1000 USD 2024 up 700.0% 171st
Printing and writing papers, coated — Import quantity 49 t 2024 up 444.4% 200th
Printing and writing papers, coated — Import value 126 1000 USD 2024 up 1,045.5% 196th
Builder's joinery and carpentry of wood (export/import) — Export value 3 1000 USD 2024 down 91.2% 185th
Wood products for domestic/decorative use (export/import) — Export 6 1000 USD 2024 down 60.0% 160th
Household and sanitary paper, ready for use (export/import) — Export 0 1000 USD 2024 193rd
Wood chips, particles and residues — Export quantity 98 m3 2024 unchanged 104th
Wood chips, particles and residues — Export value 4 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 136th
Other manufactured wood products (export/import) — Export value 1 1000 USD 2024 183rd
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Import quantity 17 t 2024 down 70.7% 195th
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Import value 40 1000 USD 2024 down 39.4% 190th
Further processed sawnwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import value 4 1000 USD 2024 down 81.0% 198th
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services 99.3% 2024 up 5.4% 48th
People in rural areas not using an improved water source 0 people 2024 down 100.0% 138th
Grassland — Area from MODIS 589.02 1000 ha 2024 up 0.7% 111th
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS 9.64 1000 ha 2024 down 25.9% 148th
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area 2.06 1000 ha 2024 unchanged 172nd
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS 3,076 1000 ha 2024 up 1.8% 86th
Mangroves — Area from MODIS 0 1000 ha 2024 110th
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS 0.02 1000 ha 2024 down 88.2% 132nd
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 0.69 1000 ha 2024 down 5.5% 187th
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS 184.41 1000 ha 2024 down 18.2% 60th
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS 36.87 1000 ha 2024 down 26.5% 23rd
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS 0 1000 ha 2024 219th
Temporary crops — Area 43.63 1000 ha 2024 down 39.4% 171st
Temporary fallow — Area 28.72 1000 ha 2024 up 10.1% 138th
Temporary meadows and pastures — Area 27.65 1000 ha 2024 up 1,198.1% 110th
Other papers mainly for packaging — Import quantity 1 t 2024 down 95.0% 191st
Other papers mainly for packaging — Import value 5 1000 USD 2024 down 73.7% 189th
Case materials — Import quantity 6 t 2024 down 97.0% 204th
Case materials — Import value 6 1000 USD 2024 down 93.8% 216th
Packaging cartons, boxes etc. (export/import) — Export value 1 1000 USD 2024 down 92.9% 201st
Packaging paper and paperboard — Import quantity 1,866 t 2024 up 65.7% 167th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Import value 2,605 1000 USD 2024 up 173.3% 166th
Cartonboard — Import quantity 593 t 2024 up 227.6% 160th
Cartonboard — Import value 2,023 1000 USD 2024 up 285.3% 151st
Watermelons — Gross Production Value 30 1000 USD 2024 up 25.0% 87th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0417 m3 per person 2024 down 7.4% 51st
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.6% 36th
Further processed sawnwood (export/import) — Import value 39 1000 USD 2024 up 50.0% 198th
Further processed sawnwood, non-coniferous (export/import) — Import 35 1000 USD 2024 up 600.0% 176th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Export quantity 96 t 2024 down 85.0% 157th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Export value 76 1000 USD 2024 down 89.1% 161st
Other articles of paper and paperboard, ready for use (export/import) 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 225th
Wrapping papers — Import quantity 1,266 t 2024 up 74.4% 141st
Wrapping papers — Import value 571 1000 USD 2024 up 83.0% 163rd
Secondary processed paper products (export/import) — Export value 617 1000 USD 2024 down 4.8% 155th
Wooden wrapping and packaging material (export/import) — Import value 5 1000 USD 2024 down 98.4% 221st
Paper and paperboard — Production, per capita 0.0126 t per person 2024 down 7.4% 62nd