Bhutan vs India
Bhutan vs India: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 70.4% in Bhutan and 24.4% in India, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bhutan, by 45.9 percentage points, or 2.88 times that in India.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Bhutan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Bhutan ranked 18 and India ranked 120 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Bhutan | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 70.4 | 24.4 | – |
| 2023 | 70.6 | 24.4 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 70.8 | 24.4 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 71 | 24.4 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 71.2 | 24.3 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 71.2 | 24.2 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 71.2 | 24.1 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 71.2 | 24 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 71.2 | 23.9 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 71.2 | 23.8 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 71.2 | 23.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 71.1 | 23.6 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 71.1 | 23.6 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 71 | 23.5 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 71 | 23.4 | 32 |
| 2009 | 70.7 | 23.3 | 32 |
| 2008 | 70.5 | 23.3 | 32 |
| 2007 | 70.2 | 23.2 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 69.9 | 23.1 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 69.7 | 23.1 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 69.4 | 23 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 66.2 | 22.9 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 66 | 22.9 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 65.7 | 22.8 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 65.5 | 22.7 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 65.2 | 22.6 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 65 | 22.5 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 64.7 | 22.4 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 64.5 | 22.2 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 64.2 | 22.1 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 64 | 22 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 54.3 | 21.9 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 54.1 | 21.8 | 33 |
| 1991 | 53.9 | 21.6 | – |
| 1990 | 53.7 | 21.5 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, 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 India
Health
- Life expectancyBhutan: 73 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBhutan: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBhutan: 19.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBhutan: 3.44% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateBhutan: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBhutan: 786,400 people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthBhutan: 0.69% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBhutan: 1.46 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBhutan: 43.4% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageBhutan: 29.4 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBhutan: 6.4% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBhutan: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Armed forces personnelBhutan: 6,000 people in 2000India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerBhutan: 0.01% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBhutan: 2.34% of the labour force in 2000India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBhutan: 5 million TIV in 2021India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025