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Bangladesh vs Bhutan

109 shared metrics.

BangladeshLeads in 64

vs109 shared

BhutanLeads in 45

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Bangladesh

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Identity

Formal name: People's Republic of Bangladesh.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Bangladesh has more people than Russia despite having a tiny fraction of Russia's land area.

World Bank

Bhutan

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Kingdom of Bhutan.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Bhutan is often described as carbon-negative because its forests absorb more greenhouse gases than the country emits.

UNDP

Analysis

Bangladesh leads in 64 of 109 shared metrics, while Bhutan leads in 45.

Bangladesh's Irrigated Land is 260.5x that of Bhutan (83.7K km² vs 320 km²).

Bangladesh's Population is 194.3x that of Bhutan (174.37M vs 892.9K).

Bangladesh's GDP (Nominal) is 148.4x that of Bhutan ($450,119,432,068.85 vs $3,012,896,789.25).

Bangladesh's Water Withdrawal is 105.2x that of Bhutan (35.87 B m³ vs 0.34 B m³).

Bangladesh's Water Stress (%) is 77.9x that of Bhutan (34.16% vs 0.43%).

Key Comparisons

Irrigated LandBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

83.7K km²

Bhutan

320 km²

PopulationBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

174.37M

Bhutan

892.9K

GDP (Nominal)Bangladesh leads

Bangladesh

$450,119,432,068.85

Bhutan

$3,012,896,789.25

Water WithdrawalBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

35.87 B m³

Bhutan

0.34 B m³

Water Stress (%)Bangladesh leads

Bangladesh

34.16%

Bhutan

0.43%

Total CO2 EmissionsBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

72.31%

Bhutan

13.82%

423% higher

Comparison of Bangladesh and Bhutan across 109 metrics
				Winner
Irrigated Land	83.7K km²	320 km²	26053% higher	Bangladesh
Population	174.37M	892.9K	19429% higher	Bangladesh
GDP (Nominal)	$450,119,432,068.85	$3,012,896,789.25	14840% higher	Bangladesh
Water Withdrawal	35.87 B m³	0.34 B m³	10516% higher	Bangladesh
Water Stress (%)	34.16%	0.43%	7786% higher	Bangladesh
Total CO2 Emissions	124.19 Mt CO2e	1.6 Mt CO2e	7701% higher	Bangladesh
Firms Asked for Bribes	22.99% of firms	0.30% of firms	7535% higher	Bangladesh
Population Density	1.3K /km²	20.62 /km²	6298% higher	Bangladesh
Scientific Publications	7.1K	115.3	6020% higher	Bangladesh
Foreign Patents	373	7.0	5229% higher	Bangladesh
Air Passengers	6.63M	189.9K	3391% higher	Bangladesh
Electricity Carbon Intensity	696.13 gCO2/kWh	23.64 gCO2/kWh	2845% higher	Bangladesh
Firms Making Informal Payments	30.68% of firms	1.8% of firms	1630% higher	Bangladesh
Electricity Generation	113.86 TWh	11.16 TWh	920% higher	Bangladesh
Electric Generating Capacity	22.70M kW	2.34M kW	868% higher	Bangladesh
Broadband Access (%)	8.0 per 100 people	1.0 per 100 people	700% higher	Bangladesh
Teen Birth Rate	73.18 per 1k	9.4 per 1k	681% higher	Bangladesh
Credit Card Ownership	1.7% of adults	0.27% of adults	534% higher	Bangladesh
Political Corruption Index	0.78	0.15	427% higher	Bangladesh
Agricultural Land (%)	72.31%	13.82%	423% higher	Bangladesh
Women in Parliament (%)	20.86%	4.3%	390% higher	Bangladesh
Airports	17	4.0	325% higher	Bangladesh
Land Border Length	4.4K km	1.1K km	288% higher	Bangladesh
Firms Hit by Power Outages	71.35% of firms	18.57% of firms	284% higher	Bangladesh
Inflation Rate	10.5%	2.8%	275% higher	Bangladesh
Seafood Consumption per Person	26.27 kg/person/yr	7.3 kg/person/yr	259% higher	Bangladesh
Land Area	130.0K km²	38.1K km²	241% higher	Bangladesh
Tourism Revenue	$217,899,993.9	$84,000,000	159% higher	Bangladesh
Insufficient Physical Activity	20.31% of adults	9.9% of adults	105% higher	Bangladesh
Food Waste per Person	124.54 kg/person/yr	61.29 kg/person/yr	103% higher	Bangladesh
Capital Elevation	4.0 m	2.3K m	100% lower	Bhutan
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.00 per 100k people	1.6 per 100k people	100% lower	Bhutan
Digital Payments Used	33.95% of adults	17.23% of adults	97% higher	Bangladesh
Protected Land (%)	4.2%	51.6%	92% lower	Bhutan
Highest Elevation	1.1K m	7.6K m	86% lower	Bhutan
Vehicles per 1,000 People	17.91 per 1k people	115.31 per 1k people	84% lower	Bhutan
Firms with Female Top Manager	3.6% of firms	21.42% of firms	83% lower	Bhutan
University Enrollment Rate	23.73%	13.01%	82% higher	Bangladesh
Forest Coverage (%)	14.49%	71.61%	80% lower	Bhutan
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	42.38 µg/m³	23.95 µg/m³	77% higher	Bangladesh
Smoking Rate	32.9%	18.7%	76% higher	Bangladesh
Liberal Democracy Index	0.12	0.46	75% lower	Bhutan
Renewable Energy (%)	25%	82.5%	70% lower	Bhutan
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	13.56 per 100k	45.21 per 100k	70% lower	Bhutan
Nurses & Midwives	0.61 per 1k	2.0 per 1k	70% lower	Bhutan
CO2 Per Capita	0.62 t/person/yr	2.1 t/person/yr	70% lower	Bhutan
Government Debt (% GDP)	33.3% of GDP	111% of GDP	70% lower	Bhutan
Imports (% GDP)	16.32% of GDP	53.35% of GDP	69% lower	Bhutan
Corruption Perceptions Index	24 pts	71 pts	66% lower	Bhutan
Electoral Democracy Index	0.20	0.57	66% lower	Bhutan
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.0% of GDP	5.8% of GDP	65% lower	Bhutan
Unemployment Rate	4.7%	2.9%	64% higher	Bangladesh
Tobacco Use Prevalence	32% of adults	19.6% of adults	63% higher	Bangladesh
Exports (% GDP)	10.46% of GDP	28.39% of GDP	63% lower	Bhutan
Health Spending Per Capita	$61.09	$154.49	60% lower	Bhutan
Beer Consumption	0.01 L/person/yr	0.02 L/person/yr	59% lower	Bhutan
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	0.90 per 1k	2.2 per 1k	59% lower	Bhutan
Obesity Rate	5.3%	11.98%	56% lower	Bhutan
Women in Senior Management	7.2% of managers	15.5% of managers	53% lower	Bhutan
Road Traffic Death Rate	18.6 per 100k	12.2 per 100k	52% higher	Bangladesh
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% higher	Bangladesh
Internet Users (%)	45%	88%	49% lower	Bhutan
Alcohol Consumption	0.09 L/adult/yr	0.18 L/adult/yr	49% lower	Bhutan
Youth Unemployment Rate	9.4% of youth labor force	17.05% of youth labor force	45% lower	Bhutan
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.4% of GDP	4.4% of GDP	45% lower	Bhutan
Suicide Rate	2.8 per 100k	4.9 per 100k	43% lower	Bhutan
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$9,646.77	$16,215.15	41% lower	Bhutan
Dependency Ratio	52.64% of working-age pop.	37.75% of working-age pop.	39% higher	Bangladesh
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	7.6% of GDP	12.28% of GDP	38% lower	Bhutan
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.65% of adults	69.56% of adults	38% higher	Bangladesh
Youth Population (%)	27.99%	20.91%	34% higher	Bangladesh
Child Mortality	30.6 per 1k births	23.1 per 1k births	32% higher	Bangladesh
Hypertension Prevalence	28.8% of adults	42.2% of adults	32% lower	Bhutan
Infant Mortality	24.4 per 1k births	18.5 per 1k births	32% higher	Bangladesh
Forest Area	18.8K km²	27.3K km²	31% lower	Bhutan
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.72 per 1k	0.55 per 1k	31% higher	Bangladesh
Birth Rate	19.45 per 1k	15.05 per 1k	29% higher	Bangladesh
Fertility Rate	2.3 children/woman	1.8 children/woman	29% higher	Bangladesh
GNI Per Capita	$2,820	$3,730	24% lower	Bhutan
Urban Population (%)	32.68%	42.56%	23% lower	Bhutan
Freedom of Expression Index	0.53	0.68	23% lower	Bhutan
Adult Literacy Rate	79%	64.91%	22% higher	Bangladesh
Sanitation Access (%)	67.62%	86.84%	22% lower	Bhutan
Women's Political Empowerment	0.54	0.68	20% lower	Bhutan
Average Weekly Work Hours	46.73 hrs/week	54.42 hrs/week	14% lower	Bhutan
Median Age	25.3 years	29.4 years	14% lower	Bhutan
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.34% of GDP	0.40% of GDP	14% lower	Bhutan
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	9.0 days/yr	11% higher	Bangladesh
Safe Drinking Water (%)	59.13%	65.59%	10% lower	Bhutan
GDP Growth Rate	4.2%	4.6%	9% lower	Bhutan
Inequality (Gini)	30.9	28.5	8% higher	Bangladesh
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	108 per 100 people	100 per 100 people	8% higher	Bangladesh
Death Rate	6.0 per 1k	5.8 per 1k	5% higher	Bangladesh
Human Development Index	0.69	0.70	2% lower	Bhutan
Life Expectancy	74.7 years	73.0 years	2% higher	Bangladesh
Spirits Consumption	0.07 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Bangladesh
Coastline Length	580 km	0 km	ranked higher	Bangladesh
Coal Electricity Share	21.51%	0%	ranked higher	Bangladesh
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Bangladesh
Solar Electricity Share	1.5%	0%	ranked higher	Bangladesh
Electricity Access (%)	99.5%	100%	equal	Bhutan
Elderly Population (%)	6.5%	6.5%	equal	Bangladesh
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.01 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Bangladesh
Lowest Elevation	0 m	97 m	ranked lower	Bhutan
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Bangladesh
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	0% of GDP	-18.9% of GDP	ranked higher	Bangladesh
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	3.0 sites	0 sites	ranked higher	Bangladesh
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Bangladesh
Border Neighbors	2.0	2.0	equal	Bangladesh

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Analysis

Bangladesh leads in 64 of 109 shared metrics, while Bhutan leads in 45.

Bangladesh's Irrigated Land is 260.5x that of Bhutan (83.7K km² vs 320 km²).

Bangladesh's Population is 194.3x that of Bhutan (174.37M vs 892.9K).

Bangladesh's GDP (Nominal) is 148.4x that of Bhutan ($450,119,432,068.85 vs $3,012,896,789.25).

Bangladesh's Water Withdrawal is 105.2x that of Bhutan (35.87 B m³ vs 0.34 B m³).

Bangladesh's Water Stress (%) is 77.9x that of Bhutan (34.16% vs 0.43%).

Key Comparisons

Irrigated LandBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

83.7K km²

Bhutan

320 km²

PopulationBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

174.37M

Bhutan

892.9K

GDP (Nominal)Bangladesh leads

Bangladesh

$450,119,432,068.85

Bhutan

$3,012,896,789.25

Water WithdrawalBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

35.87 B m³

Bhutan

0.34 B m³

Water Stress (%)Bangladesh leads

Bangladesh

34.16%

Bhutan

0.43%

Total CO2 EmissionsBangladesh leads

Bangladesh

124.19 Mt CO2e

Bhutan

1.6 Mt CO2e

Irrigated Land

83.7K km²

320 km²

Population

174.37M

892.9K

GDP (Nominal)

$450,119,432,068.85

$3,012,896,789.25

Water Withdrawal

35.87 B m³

0.34 B m³

Water Stress (%)

34.16%

0.43%

Total CO2 Emissions

124.19 Mt CO2e

1.6 Mt CO2e

Firms Asked for Bribes

22.99% of firms

0.30% of firms

Population Density

1.3K /km²

20.62 /km²

Scientific Publications

7.1K

115.3

Foreign Patents

373

7.0

Air Passengers

6.63M

189.9K

Electricity Carbon Intensity

696.13 gCO2/kWh

23.64 gCO2/kWh

Firms Making Informal Payments

30.68% of firms

1.8% of firms

Electricity Generation

113.86 TWh

11.16 TWh

Electric Generating Capacity

22.70M kW

2.34M kW

Broadband Access (%)

8.0 per 100 people

1.0 per 100 people

Teen Birth Rate

73.18 per 1k

9.4 per 1k

Credit Card Ownership

1.7% of adults

0.27% of adults

Political Corruption Index

0.78

0.15

Agricultural Land (%)

72.31%

13.82%

Bangladesh vs Bhutan

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Irrigated Land

Population

GDP (Nominal)

Water Withdrawal

Water Stress (%)

Total CO2 Emissions

Firms Asked for Bribes

Population Density

Scientific Publications

Foreign Patents

Air Passengers

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Firms Making Informal Payments

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Broadband Access (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Credit Card Ownership

Political Corruption Index

Agricultural Land (%)

Women in Parliament (%)

Airports

Land Border Length

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Inflation Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Land Area

Tourism Revenue

Insufficient Physical Activity

Food Waste per Person

Capital Elevation

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Digital Payments Used

Protected Land (%)

Highest Elevation

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Firms with Female Top Manager

University Enrollment Rate

Forest Coverage (%)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Smoking Rate

Liberal Democracy Index

Renewable Energy (%)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Nurses & Midwives

CO2 Per Capita

Government Debt (% GDP)

Imports (% GDP)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Electoral Democracy Index

Education Spending (% GDP)

Unemployment Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Exports (% GDP)

Health Spending Per Capita

Beer Consumption

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Obesity Rate

Women in Senior Management

Road Traffic Death Rate

Time Zones Count

Internet Users (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Youth Unemployment Rate

Health Spending (% GDP)

Suicide Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Dependency Ratio

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Can Raise Emergency Money

Youth Population (%)

Child Mortality