Social Development in Bhutan 129 indicators covering social development for Bhutan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 7,257 2025 down 59.0% 69th Political Rights Rating 2 2025 down 33.3% 115th Electoral democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 11th Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 2025 down 33.3% 115th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0091 units per person 2025 down 61.9% 20th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 7,257 2025 down 59.0% 69th Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of -2.37 % change on previous year 2025 up 90.6% 150th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 75.0% 23rd Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.701 2025 down 4.2% 95th Liberal Democracy Index 0.457 2025 down 4.6% 71st Electoral Democracy Index 0.566 2025 down 0.4% 75th Freedom of Association Index 0.609 2025 down 3.6% 105th Freedom of Expression Index 0.682 2025 down 2.2% 92nd Participatory Democracy Index 0.349 2025 down 1.4% 71st Varieties of democracy 0.566 2025 down 0.4% 75th Liberal democracy 2 2025 unchanged 32nd Electoral democracy 2 2025 unchanged 1st Human Rights Index 0.701 2025 down 4.2% 95th Key features of human rights 0.701 2025 down 4.2% 95th Key features of electoral democracy 0.566 2025 down 0.4% 75th Key features of liberal democracy 0.457 2025 down 4.6% 71st Executive Corruption Index 0.066 2025 up 15.8% 150th Judicial Corruption Score 0.661 2025 down 31.1% 73rd Public Sector Corruption Index 0.183 2025 up 32.6% 131st Key features of democracy 0.566 2025 down 0.4% 75th Key features of democracy, annual growth rate 0.177 % change on previous year 2025 down 75.0% 55th Key features of liberal democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 down 100.0% 64th Key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled 0.457 2025 down 4.6% 71st Key features of electoral democracy, annual growth rate 0.177 % change on previous year 2025 down 75.0% 55th Key features of human rights, annual growth rate -3.18 % change on previous year 2025 — 143rd Electoral democracy row, gaps filled 2 2025 unchanged 1st Liberal democracy row, gaps filled 2 2025 unchanged 32nd Varieties democracy vdem, annual growth rate 0.177 % change on previous year 2025 down 75.0% 55th Government Effectiveness Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.566 2025 down 0.4% 74th Egalitarian Democracy Index 0.463 2025 down 1.5% 58th Deliberative Democracy Index 0.503 2025 up 6.1% 53rd Direct Democracy Index 0.02 2025 unchanged 104th Key media freedoms 1.24 2025 down 19.7% 57th Media Corruption Score 1.95 2025 unchanged 33rd Key media freedoms, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 35th Academic Freedom Index 0.401 2025 up 2.8% 114th Legislative Corruption Score 1.66 2025 down 34.6% 21st Key features of democracy, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 39.1% 11th Key features of liberal democracy, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 41.7% 10th Key features of electoral democracy, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 39.1% 11th Varieties democracy vdem, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 39.1% 11th Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre 0.0001 units per square kilometre 2023 down 33.4% 74th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.175 units per square kilometre 2023 down 78.9% 49th Electoral democracy row, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 5th Liberal democracy row, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 7th Democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Physical Integrity Rights Score 2.38 2019 up 127.9% 42nd Democracy Index 7 2018 up 133.3% 69th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 77 2025 down 65.5% 161st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2025 down 67.9% 133rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 78.9% 123rd Political Rights Score 33 2025 up 13.8% 67th Freedom Score 69 2025 up 23.2% 85th Page 1 of 3 Next →