Environment in Bhutan

1,777 indicators covering environment for Bhutan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in forestry and 1.03 % 2024 up 178.4% 54th
Compounds of mercury chemically defined, excluding amalgams — Import 0.0412 t 2023 up 312.0% 62nd
Compounds of mercury chemically defined, excluding amalgams — Import 1.8 1000 USD 2023 up 1,202.8% 75th
Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan 61.0% 2025 up 20.3% 57th
Insecticides – Carbamates — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 63rd
Fung & Bact – Dithiocarbamates — Agricultural Use 7 t 2024 62nd
Population using safely managed sanitation services 53.6% 2024 up 13.7% 41st
Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted 2,460 2023 down 35.3% 99th
Fung & Bact – Inorganics — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 64th
Herbicides – Triazines — Agricultural Use 4 t 2024 53rd
Fung & Bact – Benzimidazoles — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 53rd
Household and ambient air pollution attributable DALYs 11,946 2019 down 20.8% 155th
Herbicides – Amides — Agricultural Use 237 t 2024 22nd
Population using safely managed drinking-water services 68.9% 2024 up 57.5% 22nd
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in forestry and logging 0.31 1000 No 2024 up 158.3% 52nd
Austria — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 47 1000 USD 2018 up 683.3% 62nd
Fung & Bact – Diazines, morpholines — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 44th
Share of forest with a long-term management plan 61.0% 2025 up 20.3% 53rd
Share of global annual deforestation 0.1% 2020 up 2,802.6% 41st
Annual forest expansion 0 hectares per year 2020 down 100.0% 73rd
Share of annual global forest expansion 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% 73rd
Annual afforestation 0 hectares per year 2020 down 100.0% 67th
Annual deforestation as a share of forest area 0.3% 2020 up 2,383.2% 34th
Superphosphates, other — Agricultural Use 379 t 2024 down 35.7% 28th
India — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Export Quantity 4 t 2011 down 90.9% 69th
India — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Export Value 2 1000 USD 2011 down 99.2% 70th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Artificial 3.4 km2 2021 up 36.0% 23rd
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Croplands 0 km2 2021 25th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Grassland 2,508 km2 2021 down 0.3% 15th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Inland water 56.6 km2 2021 up 26.6% 17th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: MGCI — Value 2,695 km2 2021 down 0.4% 19th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Permanent snow 915.2 km2 2021 down 1.4% 10th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrub-covered 2.3 km2 2021 down 28.1% 36th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or 4.2 km2 2021 down 22.2% 21st
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Sparsely 49.9 km2 2021 down 0.6% 23rd
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Terrestrial 141.7 km2 2021 up 7.8% 21st
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Alpine; Land Cover: Tree-covered 181 km2 2021 up 0.1% 21st
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Artificial 0.09 % 2021 up 50.0% 26th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Croplands 0 % 2021 20th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Grassland 64.94 % 2021 down 0.3% 22nd
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Inland water 1.46 % 2021 up 25.9% 10th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: MGCI — Value 69.79 % 2021 down 0.4% 35th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Permanent 23.7 % 2021 down 1.4% 1st
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrub-covered 0.06 % 2021 down 25.0% 39th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or 0.11 % 2021 down 21.4% 23rd
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Sparsely 1.29 % 2021 down 0.8% 34th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Terrestrial 3.67 % 2021 up 7.6% 28th
15.4.2a Mountain Green Cover Index: Alpine; Land Cover: Tree-covered 4.69 % 2021 up 0.2% 35th
Pentachlorophenol — Import quantity 0.01 t 2018 up 66.7% 27th
Pentachlorophenol — Import value 0.0135 1000 USD 2018 down 81.2% 41st
India — Plywood — Import Quantity 275 m3 2018 down 43.9% 16th
India — Plywood — Import Value 643 1000 USD 2018 up 3.5% 9th
Austria — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Export Quantity 68 t 2018 up 6,700.0% 35th
Austria — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Export Value 47 1000 USD 2018 up 683.3% 41st
Share of deforestation that is driven by domestic consumption 100.0% 2013 up 1.6% 11th
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS 88.45 1000 ha 2019 21st
India — Fibreboard — Import Quantity 162 m3 2018 up 980.0% 18th
India — Fibreboard — Import Value 263 1000 USD 2018 up 2,822.2% 14th
India — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Import Quantity 77 m3 2018 up 24.2% 18th
India — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Import Value 49 1000 USD 2018 down 37.2% 23rd