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Bhutan vs India

112 shared metrics.

BhutanLeads in 39

vs112 shared

IndiaLeads in 73

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Bhutan

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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

India

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of India.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

India overtook China in 2023 to become the world's most populous country.

UN DESA 2023

Analysis

India leads in 73 of 112 shared metrics, while Bhutan leads in 39.

Bhutan's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 45.1x that of India (1.6 per 100k people vs 0.03 per 100k people).

Bhutan's Capital Elevation is 9.8x that of India (2.3K m vs 216 m).

Bhutan's Protected Land (%) is 5.7x that of India (51.6% vs 7.7%).

Bhutan's Firms with Female Top Manager is 2.1x that of India (21.42% of firms vs 6.8% of firms).

Bhutan's Forest Coverage (%) is 1.9x that of India (71.61% vs 24.54%).

Key Comparisons

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

1.6 per 100k people

India

0.03 per 100k people

Capital ElevationBhutan leads

Bhutan

2.3K m

India

216 m

Protected Land (%)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

51.6%

India

7.7%

Firms with Female Top ManagerBhutan leads

Bhutan

21.42% of firms

India

6.8% of firms

Forest Coverage (%)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

71.61%

India

24.54%

India

Bhutan

0.43%

India

44.78%

99% lower

Comparison of Bhutan and India across 112 metrics
				Winner
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.6 per 100k people	0.03 per 100k people	4512% higher	Bhutan
Capital Elevation	2.3K m	216 m	975% higher	Bhutan
Protected Land (%)	51.6%	7.7%	570% higher	Bhutan
Firms with Female Top Manager	21.42% of firms	6.8% of firms	213% higher	Bhutan
Forest Coverage (%)	71.61%	24.54%	192% higher	Bhutan
Government Debt (% GDP)	111% of GDP	46.5% of GDP	139% higher	Bhutan
Renewable Energy (%)	82.5%	34.9%	136% higher	Bhutan
Imports (% GDP)	53.35% of GDP	23.49% of GDP	127% higher	Bhutan
Foreign Patents	7.0	35.3K	100% lower	India
Air Passengers	189.9K	180.42M	100% lower	India
Population	892.9K	1.42B	100% lower	India
Water Withdrawal	0.34 B m³	647.5 B m³	100% lower	India
Scientific Publications	115.3	207.4K	100% lower	India
GDP (Nominal)	$3,012,896,789.25	$3,909,891,533,858.08	100% lower	India
High-Tech Exports (%)	0.01%	18.57%	100% lower	India
Irrigated Land	320 km²	754.6K km²	100% lower	India
Total CO2 Emissions	1.6 Mt CO2e	3.2K Mt CO2e	100% lower	India
Electric Generating Capacity	2.34M kW	499.14M kW	100% lower	India
Land Area	38.1K km²	2.97M km²	99% lower	India
Water Stress (%)	0.43%	44.78%	99% lower	India
Tourism Revenue	$84,000,000	$13,413,000,000	99% lower	India
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.30% of firms	27.23% of firms	99% lower	India
Airports	4.0	318	99% lower	India
Electricity Generation	11.16 TWh	2.1K TWh	99% lower	India
Population Density	20.62 /km²	483.68 /km²	96% lower	India
Forest Area	27.3K km²	729.6K km²	96% lower	India
Alcohol Consumption	0.18 L/adult/yr	4.1 L/adult/yr	96% lower	India
Electricity Carbon Intensity	23.64 gCO2/kWh	670.13 gCO2/kWh	96% lower	India
Firms Making Informal Payments	1.8% of firms	39.33% of firms	95% lower	India
Health Spending Per Capita	$154.49	$79.52	94% higher	Bhutan
Credit Card Ownership	0.27% of adults	4.6% of adults	94% lower	India
Land Border Length	1.1K km	13.9K km	92% lower	India
Beer Consumption	0.02 L/person/yr	0.13 L/person/yr	88% lower	India
Corruption Perceptions Index	71 pts	39 pts	82% higher	Bhutan
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	12.28% of GDP	6.7% of GDP	82% higher	Bhutan
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	45.21 per 100k	24.96 per 100k	81% higher	Bhutan
Insufficient Physical Activity	9.9% of adults	49.42% of adults	80% lower	India
Political Corruption Index	0.15	0.68	78% lower	India
Agricultural Land (%)	13.82%	60.06%	77% lower	India
Liberal Democracy Index	0.46	0.26	76% higher	Bhutan
Women in Parliament (%)	4.3%	13.65%	69% lower	India
Border Neighbors	2.0	6.0	67% lower	India
Obesity Rate	11.98%	7.2%	66% higher	Bhutan
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	9.0 days/yr	25 days/yr	64% lower	India
Broadband Access (%)	1.0 per 100 people	2.7 per 100 people	64% lower	India
Digital Payments Used	17.23% of adults	48.46% of adults	64% lower	India
University Enrollment Rate	13.01%	34.42%	62% lower	India
Suicide Rate	4.9 per 100k	12.56 per 100k	61% lower	India
Internet Users (%)	88%	56%	57% higher	Bhutan
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	23.95 µg/m³	48.39 µg/m³	51% lower	India
Electoral Democracy Index	0.57	0.38	50% higher	Bhutan
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	India
Freedom of Expression Index	0.68	0.46	49% higher	Bhutan
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$16,215.15	$11,159.99	45% higher	Bhutan
Inflation Rate	2.8%	5.0%	44% lower	India
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.8% of GDP	4.1% of GDP	43% higher	Bhutan
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.40% of GDP	0.69% of GDP	43% lower	India
GNI Per Capita	$3,730	$2,650	41% higher	Bhutan
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.2 per 1k	1.6 per 1k	38% higher	Bhutan
Food Waste per Person	61.29 kg/person/yr	97.34 kg/person/yr	37% lower	India
Hypertension Prevalence	42.2% of adults	31.3% of adults	35% higher	Bhutan
Exports (% GDP)	28.39% of GDP	21.16% of GDP	34% higher	Bhutan
Death Rate	5.8 per 1k	8.7 per 1k	34% lower	India
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	33% lower	India
Teen Birth Rate	9.4 per 1k	14.06 per 1k	33% lower	India
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.4% of GDP	3.3% of GDP	33% higher	Bhutan
Unemployment Rate	2.9%	4.2%	32% lower	India
Women in Senior Management	15.5% of managers	11.92% of managers	30% higher	Bhutan
GDP Growth Rate	4.6%	6.5%	29% lower	India
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	100 per 100 people	79 per 100 people	27% higher	Bhutan
Vehicles per 1,000 People	115.31 per 1k people	158.15 per 1k people	27% lower	India
Can Raise Emergency Money	69.56% of adults	95.18% of adults	27% lower	India
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.55 per 1k	0.72 per 1k	24% lower	India
Infant Mortality	18.5 per 1k births	24.5 per 1k births	24% lower	India
Smoking Rate	18.7%	24.3%	23% lower	India
Adult Literacy Rate	64.91%	81.7%	21% lower	India
Tobacco Use Prevalence	19.6% of adults	24.4% of adults	20% lower	India
Average Weekly Work Hours	54.42 hrs/week	45.45 hrs/week	20% higher	Bhutan
Urban Population (%)	42.56%	35.38%	20% higher	Bhutan
Dependency Ratio	37.75% of working-age pop.	46.56% of working-age pop.	19% lower	India
Nurses & Midwives	2.0 per 1k	1.7 per 1k	18% higher	Bhutan
Child Mortality	23.1 per 1k births	27.7 per 1k births	17% lower	India
Road Traffic Death Rate	12.2 per 100k	14.6 per 100k	16% lower	India
Youth Population (%)	20.91%	24.62%	15% lower	India
Safe Drinking Water (%)	65.59%	76.44%	14% lower	India
Inequality (Gini)	28.5	25.5	12% higher	Bhutan
Fertility Rate	1.8 children/woman	2.0 children/woman	12% lower	India
Homicide Rate	2.5 per 100k	2.8 per 100k	12% lower	India
Highest Elevation	7.6K m	8.6K m	12% lower	India
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	98.9%	89.4%	11% higher	Bhutan
Elderly Population (%)	6.5%	7.1%	9% lower	India
Seafood Consumption per Person	7.3 kg/person/yr	7.9 kg/person/yr	7% lower	India
Firms Hit by Power Outages	18.57% of firms	19.91% of firms	7% lower	India
Youth Unemployment Rate	17.05% of youth labor force	16.02% of youth labor force	6% higher	Bhutan
Median Age	29.4 years	28.1 years	5% higher	Bhutan
Birth Rate	15.05 per 1k	15.91 per 1k	5% lower	India
CO2 Per Capita	2.1 t/person/yr	2.2 t/person/yr	5% lower	India
Sanitation Access (%)	86.84%	83.38%	4% higher	Bhutan
Women's Political Empowerment	0.68	0.66	3% higher	Bhutan
Human Development Index	0.70	0.69	2% higher	Bhutan
Electricity Access (%)	100%	99.5%	1% higher	Bhutan
Life Expectancy	73.0 years	72.0 years	1% higher	Bhutan
Spirits Consumption	0 L/person/yr	2.3 L/person/yr	ranked lower	India
Coastline Length	0 km	7.0K km	ranked lower	India
Coal Electricity Share	0%	70.82%	ranked lower	India
Wind Electricity Share	0%	5.0%	ranked lower	India
Solar Electricity Share	0%	9.4%	ranked lower	India
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.00 per 1M people	ranked lower	India
Lowest Elevation	97 m	0 m	ranked higher	Bhutan
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-18.9% of GDP	-0.9% of GDP	ranked lower	India
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	44 sites	ranked lower	India
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0.22 per 1M people	ranked lower	India

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Analysis

India leads in 73 of 112 shared metrics, while Bhutan leads in 39.

Bhutan's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 45.1x that of India (1.6 per 100k people vs 0.03 per 100k people).

Bhutan's Capital Elevation is 9.8x that of India (2.3K m vs 216 m).

Bhutan's Protected Land (%) is 5.7x that of India (51.6% vs 7.7%).

Bhutan's Firms with Female Top Manager is 2.1x that of India (21.42% of firms vs 6.8% of firms).

Bhutan's Forest Coverage (%) is 1.9x that of India (71.61% vs 24.54%).

Key Comparisons

Bhutan

1.6 per 100k people

India

0.03 per 100k people

Capital ElevationBhutan leads

Bhutan

2.3K m

India

216 m

Protected Land (%)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

51.6%

India

7.7%

Firms with Female Top ManagerBhutan leads

Bhutan

21.42% of firms

India

6.8% of firms

Forest Coverage (%)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

71.61%

India

24.54%

Government Debt (% GDP)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

111% of GDP

India

46.5% of GDP

1.6 per 100k people

0.03 per 100k people

Capital Elevation

2.3K m

216 m

Protected Land (%)

51.6%

7.7%

Firms with Female Top Manager

21.42% of firms

6.8% of firms

Forest Coverage (%)

71.61%

24.54%

Government Debt (% GDP)

111% of GDP

46.5% of GDP

Renewable Energy (%)

82.5%

34.9%

Imports (% GDP)

53.35% of GDP

23.49% of GDP

Foreign Patents

7.0

35.3K

Air Passengers

189.9K

180.42M

Population

892.9K

1.42B

Water Withdrawal

0.34 B m³

647.5 B m³

Scientific Publications

115.3

207.4K

GDP (Nominal)

$3,012,896,789.25

$3,909,891,533,858.08

High-Tech Exports (%)

0.01%

18.57%

Irrigated Land

320 km²

754.6K km²

Total CO2 Emissions

1.6 Mt CO2e

3.2K Mt CO2e

Electric Generating Capacity

2.34M kW

499.14M kW

Land Area

38.1K km²

2.97M km²

Water Stress (%)

0.43%

44.78%

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Capital Elevation

Protected Land (%)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Forest Coverage (%)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Renewable Energy (%)

Imports (% GDP)

Foreign Patents

Air Passengers

Population

Water Withdrawal

Scientific Publications

GDP (Nominal)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Irrigated Land

Total CO2 Emissions

Electric Generating Capacity

Land Area

Water Stress (%)

Tourism Revenue

Firms Asked for Bribes

Airports

Electricity Generation

Population Density

Forest Area

Alcohol Consumption

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Firms Making Informal Payments

Health Spending Per Capita

Credit Card Ownership

Land Border Length

Beer Consumption

Corruption Perceptions Index

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Insufficient Physical Activity

Political Corruption Index

Agricultural Land (%)

Liberal Democracy Index

Women in Parliament (%)

Border Neighbors

Obesity Rate

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Broadband Access (%)

Digital Payments Used

University Enrollment Rate

Suicide Rate

Internet Users (%)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Electoral Democracy Index

Official Languages Count

Freedom of Expression Index

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Inflation Rate

Education Spending (% GDP)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

GNI Per Capita

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Food Waste per Person

Hypertension Prevalence

Exports (% GDP)

Death Rate

Time Zones Count

Teen Birth Rate

Health Spending (% GDP)

Unemployment Rate

Women in Senior Management

GDP Growth Rate

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Can Raise Emergency Money