Bhutan vs China
Bhutan vs China: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $3,989 in Bhutan and $13,790 in China, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by $9,801, or 3.46 times that in Bhutan.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- China has been higher since 1982, when it overtook Bhutan.
- In 2025, Bhutan ranked 124 and China ranked 61 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Bhutan | China | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,989 | $13,790 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $3,717 | $13,120 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $3,481 | $12,480 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $3,350 | $11,830 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $3,206 | $11,470 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $3,092 | $10,570 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $3,467 | $10,360 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $3,301 | $9,799 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $3,212 | $9,221 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $3,173 | $8,679 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $2,954 | $8,175 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $2,798 | $7,686 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $2,671 | $7,198 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $2,655 | $6,723 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $2,552 | $6,276 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $2,379 | $5,765 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $2,149 | $5,238 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $2,018 | $4,811 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $1,952 | $4,410 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $1,701 | $3,883 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $1,632 | $3,466 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $1,553 | $3,128 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $1,506 | $2,857 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $1,427 | $2,611 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $1,321 | $2,406 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $1,260 | $2,237 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $1,249 | $2,077 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $1,183 | $1,944 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $1,138 | $1,819 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $1,100 | $1,681 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $1,043 | $1,545 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $963 | $1,407 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $917 | $1,258 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $864 | $1,117 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $795 | $990 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $813 | $917 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $756 | $896 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $726 | $873 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $714 | $797 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $570 | $726 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $528 | $676 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $523 | $604 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $517 | $532 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $483 | $487 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $482 | $453 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $433 | $437 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $426 | $410 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $421 | $386 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $406 | $352 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $390 | $331 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $370 | $342 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $396 | $320 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $390 | $319 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $397 | $303 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $406 | $299 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $409 | $287 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | – | $248 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | – | $218 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | – | $233 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | $254 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | $236 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $206 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $179 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $166 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $177 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | $241 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bhutan vs China
Health
- Life expectancyBhutan: 73 years in 2023China: 78 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBhutan: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024China: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBhutan: 19.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023China: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBhutan: 3.44% in 2017China: 3.31% in 2017
- Suicide rateBhutan: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017China: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBhutan: 786,400 people in 2023China: 1.42 billion people in 2023
- Population growthBhutan: 0.69% a year in 2023China: -0.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBhutan: 1.46 births per woman in 2023China: 1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBhutan: 43.4% in 2025China: 66.3% in 2025
- Median ageBhutan: 29.4 years in 2023China: 39.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBhutan: 6.4% in 2023China: 14.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBhutan: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023China: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Armed forces personnelBhutan: 6,000 people in 2000China: 2.54 million people in 2020
- National powerBhutan: 0.01% of world capability in 2022China: 23.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBhutan: 2.34% of the labour force in 2000China: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBhutan: 5 million TIV in 2021China: 207 million TIV in 2025