Environment in Bhutan

1,777 indicators covering environment for Bhutan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 0.55 % 2021 unchanged 89th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 0.36 % 2021 up 38.5% 43rd
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 95.01 % 2021 down 1.9% 73rd
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 0.15 % 2021 down 46.4% 97th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 0.16 % 2021 down 20.0% 56th
Oxirane (ethylene oxide) — Import quantity 10.39 t 2020 up 207,700.0% 56th
Oxirane (ethylene oxide) — Import value 40.94 1000 USD 2020 up 35,195.9% 62nd
Urea — Agricultural Use 986 t 2024 down 32.7% 105th
15.2.1 Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan 61.01 % 2025 up 20.3% 48th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land 430.6 km2 2021 down 15.2% 83rd
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land 0 km2 2021 1st
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Remaining moutain area; Land 0 km2 2021 67th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 3.73 % 2021 down 15.2% 100th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 0 % 2021 1st
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Remaining moutain area; Land 0 % 2021 58th
Land Surface Temperature 13.38 2021 up 2.0% 172nd
Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape (central government) 0 million USD 2014 103rd
Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape (central government) 0 million USD 2014 103rd
Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape (central government) 0 million SLC 2014 103rd
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim 54.9% 2017 down 23.8% 44th
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim 93.3% 2017 down 6.2% 59th
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim 100.0% 2017 unchanged 1st
Thailand — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 52 1000 USD 2018 up 67.7% 123rd
Gross Output (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 22,177 million SLC 2022 up 6.3% 63rd
Gross Output (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 345.7 million USD 2022 up 6.3% 103rd
Forest certified for sustainable use 0 thousands of hectares 2024 85th
Forest area certified under an independently verified certification 0 2024 92nd
Lakes and rivers permanent water area change 8.6% 2022 down 33.8% 139th
Lakes and rivers seasonal water area change 69.4% 2022 up 516.0% 100th
Mercury compounds etc. excl. amalgams — Import quantity 0.0434 t 2023 down 94.4% 80th
Mercury compounds etc. excl. amalgams — Import value 2 1000 USD 2023 up 35.9% 88th
NPK fertilizers — Agricultural Use 1,296 t 2024 down 9.4% 89th
Insecticides — Export value 43.39 1000 USD 2005 up 2,688.4% 107th
India — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 21,027 1000 USD 2018 up 50.8% 12th
Gross Output (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth -1.32 % 2022 71st
Gross Output (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ -1.32 % 2022 71st
Total FAO — Plywood — Export Value 3 1000 USD 2018 down 97.2% 128th
Total FAO — Plywood — Export Quantity 2 m3 2018 down 99.4% 132nd
Watermelons — Producer Price 39,380 LCU 2014 up 141.4% 23rd
Exposure to outdoor air pollution in urban areas 29.51 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 27.0% 39th
Others (adjustment) — Plywood — Export Value 0 1000 USD 2018 down 100.0% 56th
Others (adjustment) — Plywood — Export Quantity 0 m3 2018 down 100.0% 80th
Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS 29.1 1000 ha 2019 143rd
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area 1.58 1000 ha 2019 178th
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS 28.24 1000 ha 2019 124th
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 2.78 1000 ha 2019 153rd
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS 168.97 1000 ha 2019 58th
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS 5.24 1000 ha 2019 152nd
Thailand — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 2 t 2018 down 90.0% 135th
Thailand — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 51 1000 USD 2018 up 96.2% 113th
India — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 3,328 t 2018 up 12.5% 31st
India — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 4,879 1000 USD 2018 up 89.3% 25th
Share of plastic waste exports 0.0% 2012 up 77.8% 111th
Insecticides — Export quantity 16 t 2005 up 966.7% 96th
Antimalarial insecticides — Import quantity 1.05 t 2023 down 48.8% 108th
Antimalarial insecticides — Import value 5.45 1000 USD 2023 down 81.5% 115th
Ethylene dichloride — Import quantity 0.0005 t 2023 down 87.8% 88th
Ethylene dichloride — Import value 0.0124 1000 USD 2023 up 520.0% 88th
Watermelons — Producer Price 39,380 SLC 2014 up 141.4% 20th
Watermelons — Producer Price 645.3 USD 2014 up 79.2% 17th