Gender in Bhutan

222 indicators covering gender for Bhutan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 147.07 2030 down 18.3% 166th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -1.49 % change on previous year 2030 up 43.0% 138th
Population 673.62 2030 up 14.2% 162nd
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 673.62 2030 up 14.2% 162nd
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.997 % change on previous year 2030 down 42.2% 113th
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 4,751 2025 down 15.0% 167th
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 4,967 2025 down 18.5% 167th
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 4,765 2025 down 18.5% 167th
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 4,981 2025 down 21.5% 167th
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 4,779 2025 down 20.8% 167th
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 4,996 2025 down 24.0% 167th
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 4,784 2025 down 21.6% 167th
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 4,999 2025 down 25.3% 167th
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 4,773 2025 down 21.9% 167th
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 4,986 2025 down 25.8% 167th
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 4,649 2025 down 23.9% 167th
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 4,856 2025 down 27.7% 167th
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 35.31 2027 down 5.1% 128th
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.675 2025 down 10.4% 116th
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.761 2025 down 5.1% 70th
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.683 2025 down 2.7% 107th
Women's Political Participation Index 0.596 2025 down 22.5% 155th
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.675 2025 down 10.4% 116th
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.675 2025 down 10.4% 116th
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -4.53 % change on previous year 2025 162nd
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.675 2025 down 10.4% 116th
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 20th
Prevalence of obesity, female 16.9% 2024 up 65.9% 147th
Prevalence of obesity, male 9.8% 2024 up 65.2% 142nd
Life expectancy at age 60, female 20.03 years 2024 up 7.4% 138th
Life expectancy at age 60, male 14.69 years 2024 down 12.3% 206th
Share of women who are obese 16.9% 2024 up 66.0% 150th
Share of women who are overweight or obese 55.7% 2024 up 32.8% 102nd
Share of overweight men vs. women 42.8% 2024 up 35.2% 137th
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 83.5% 2024 up 6.4% 118th
Share of women who are married or in a union 3.1% 2022 down 66.7% 149th
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th
Population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 32.6% 67th
Population, annual growth rate 0.6535 % change on previous year 2024 down 39.7% 119th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 45.2% 13th
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 61.04 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 165th
Women, Business and the Law Index 75 index (0–100) 2023 unchanged 122nd
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 144th
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 94th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 down 24.5% 113th
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 20.62 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% 156th
Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0008 units per person 2025 up 9.0% 74th
Labor force, female 166,082 2025 up 22.8% 161st
Labor force, female, per capita 0.2085 units per person 2025 up 14.1% 83rd
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.09 index 2025 down 1.5% 31st