Urban Population / Bhutan
Bhutan Urban Population
Bhutan urban population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 43.43%.
COUNTRY: Bhutan
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-29 18:45:21
GM ECONOMY RATING
Bhutan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
11.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
18.0 / 20
External stability
3.2 / 15
Financial robustness
8.0 / 15
Structural stability
12.0 / 15
Future capacity
9.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Bhutan · urban population data as percent of GDP.
Latest
43.43%
Previous
42.56%
Range avg.
40.13%
Rank
90
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CountryBhutan
IndicatorUrban Population
43.43%2025 · Rank 90
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Bhutan recorded 43.43% for Urban Population in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator increased by 0.87 percentage points, from 42.56% to 43.43%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (40.13%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 37.27% in 2016 and the high was 43.43% in 2025.
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