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Bhutan vs Myanmar

103 shared metrics.

BhutanLeads in 36

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MyanmarLeads in 67

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What matters for both sides

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Bhutan

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Kingdom of Bhutan.

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Curated stat

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

UNDP

Myanmar

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Union of Burma.

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Identity

Name origin: both "Burma" and "Myanmar" derive from the name of the majority Burman (Bamar) ethnic group, with the term myanma, or "the strong," being the group's name f…

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Analysis

Myanmar leads in 67 of 103 shared metrics, while Bhutan leads in 36.

Bhutan's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 97.0x that of Myanmar (1.6 per 100k people vs 0.02 per 100k people).

Bhutan's Liberal Democracy Index is 29.5x that of Myanmar (0.46 vs 0.01).

Bhutan's Freedom of Expression Index is 25.2x that of Myanmar (0.68 vs 0.03).

Bhutan's Capital Elevation is 19.2x that of Myanmar (2.3K m vs 115 m).

Bhutan's Protected Land (%) is 6.8x that of Myanmar (51.6% vs 6.6%).

Key Comparisons

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

Bhutan

1.6 per 100k people

Myanmar

0.02 per 100k people

Liberal Democracy IndexBhutan leads

Bhutan

0.46

Myanmar

0.01

Freedom of Expression IndexBhutan leads

Bhutan

0.68

Myanmar

0.03

Capital ElevationBhutan leads

Bhutan

2.3K m

Myanmar

115 m

Protected Land (%)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

51.6%

Myanmar

6.6%

Electoral Democracy IndexBhutan leads

Bhutan

0.57

Myanmar

0.08

All Metrics

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Bhutan

1.6 per 100k people

Myanmar

0.02 per 100k people

9700% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Liberal Democracy Index

Bhutan

0.46

Myanmar

0.01

2947% higher

Freedom of Expression Index

Bhutan

0.68

Myanmar

0.03

2523% higher

Capital Elevation

Bhutan

2.3K m

Myanmar

115 m

1918% higher

Protected Land (%)

Bhutan

51.6%

Myanmar

6.6%

682% higher

Electoral Democracy Index

Bhutan

0.57

Myanmar

0.08

607% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Bhutan

45.21 per 100k

Myanmar

6.9 per 100k

559% higher

Corruption Perceptions Index

Bhutan

71 pts

Myanmar

16 pts

344% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Bhutan

2.1 t/person/yr

Myanmar

0.58 t/person/yr

261% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Bhutan

111% of GDP

Myanmar

35.7% of GDP

211% higher

GNI Per Capita

Bhutan

$3,730

Myanmar

$1,210

208% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Bhutan

$16,215.15

Myanmar

$5,997.47

170% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Bhutan

$154.49

Myanmar

$57.97

167% higher

Women's Political Empowerment

Bhutan

0.68

Myanmar

0.33

105% higher

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Bhutan

2.2 per 1k

Myanmar

1.1 per 1k

100% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Myanmar

Bhutan

0.01%

Myanmar

5.2%

100% lower

Water Withdrawal

Myanmar

Bhutan

0.34 B m³

Myanmar

33.23 B m³

99% lower

Firms Asked for Bribes

Myanmar

Bhutan

0.30% of firms

Myanmar

29.33% of firms

99% lower

Population

Myanmar

Bhutan

892.9K

Myanmar

57.93M

98% lower

Irrigated Land

Myanmar

Bhutan

320 km²

Myanmar

17.1K km²

98% lower

Comparison of Bhutan and Myanmar across 103 metrics
				Winner
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.6 per 100k people	0.02 per 100k people	9700% higher	Bhutan
Liberal Democracy Index	0.46	0.01	2947% higher	Bhutan
Freedom of Expression Index	0.68	0.03	2523% higher	Bhutan
Capital Elevation	2.3K m	115 m	1918% higher	Bhutan
Protected Land (%)	51.6%	6.6%	682% higher	Bhutan
Electoral Democracy Index	0.57	0.08	607% higher	Bhutan
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	45.21 per 100k	6.9 per 100k	559% higher	Bhutan
Corruption Perceptions Index	71 pts	16 pts	344% higher	Bhutan
CO2 Per Capita	2.1 t/person/yr	0.58 t/person/yr	261% higher	Bhutan
Government Debt (% GDP)	111% of GDP	35.7% of GDP	211% higher	Bhutan
GNI Per Capita	$3,730	$1,210	208% higher	Bhutan
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$16,215.15	$5,997.47	170% higher	Bhutan
Health Spending Per Capita	$154.49	$57.97	167% higher	Bhutan
Women's Political Empowerment	0.68	0.33	105% higher	Bhutan
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.2 per 1k	1.1 per 1k	100% higher	Bhutan
High-Tech Exports (%)	0.01%	5.2%	100% lower	Myanmar
Water Withdrawal	0.34 B m³	33.23 B m³	99% lower	Myanmar
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.30% of firms	29.33% of firms	99% lower	Myanmar
Population	892.9K	57.93M	98% lower	Myanmar
Irrigated Land	320 km²	17.1K km²	98% lower	Myanmar
Beer Consumption	0.02 L/person/yr	0.52 L/person/yr	97% lower	Myanmar
Tourist Arrivals	29.8K	903.0K	97% lower	Myanmar
GDP (Nominal)	$3,012,896,789.25	$74,068,349,523.81	96% lower	Myanmar
Air Passengers	189.9K	3.54M	95% lower	Myanmar
Airports	4.0	74	95% lower	Myanmar
Electricity Carbon Intensity	23.64 gCO2/kWh	502.99 gCO2/kWh	95% lower	Myanmar
Total CO2 Emissions	1.6 Mt CO2e	31.36 Mt CO2e	95% lower	Myanmar
Land Area	38.1K km²	652.7K km²	94% lower	Myanmar
Alcohol Consumption	0.18 L/adult/yr	1.9 L/adult/yr	91% lower	Myanmar
Forest Area	27.3K km²	276.7K km²	90% lower	Myanmar
Firms Making Informal Payments	1.8% of firms	16.45% of firms	89% lower	Myanmar
Water Stress (%)	0.43%	3.3%	87% lower	Myanmar
Credit Card Ownership	0.27% of adults	2.0% of adults	86% lower	Myanmar
Seafood Consumption per Person	7.3 kg/person/yr	45.85 kg/person/yr	84% lower	Myanmar
Political Corruption Index	0.15	0.86	83% lower	Myanmar
Land Border Length	1.1K km	6.5K km	83% lower	Myanmar
Firms Hit by Power Outages	18.57% of firms	94.91% of firms	80% lower	Myanmar
Population Density	20.62 /km²	82.94 /km²	75% lower	Myanmar
Youth Unemployment Rate	17.05% of youth labor force	9.8% of youth labor force	74% higher	Bhutan
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.40% of GDP	1.5% of GDP	73% lower	Myanmar
Teen Birth Rate	9.4 per 1k	33.51 per 1k	72% lower	Myanmar
Women in Parliament (%)	4.3%	15.29%	72% lower	Myanmar
Suicide Rate	4.9 per 100k	2.9 per 100k	70% higher	Bhutan
Forest Coverage (%)	71.61%	42.4%	69% higher	Bhutan
Inflation Rate	2.8%	8.8%	68% lower	Myanmar
Electric Generating Capacity	2.34M kW	7.42M kW	68% lower	Myanmar
Broadband Access (%)	1.0 per 100 people	3.0 per 100 people	67% lower	Myanmar
Women in Senior Management	15.5% of managers	40.97% of managers	62% lower	Myanmar
Food Waste per Person	61.29 kg/person/yr	162.51 kg/person/yr	62% lower	Myanmar
Border Neighbors	2.0	5.0	60% lower	Myanmar
Obesity Rate	11.98%	7.5%	59% higher	Bhutan
Smoking Rate	18.7%	44.4%	58% lower	Myanmar
Digital Payments Used	17.23% of adults	39.91% of adults	57% lower	Myanmar
Electricity Generation	11.16 TWh	24.68 TWh	55% lower	Myanmar
Tobacco Use Prevalence	19.6% of adults	42.5% of adults	54% lower	Myanmar
Insufficient Physical Activity	9.9% of adults	21.62% of adults	54% lower	Myanmar
Internet Users (%)	88%	59%	49% higher	Bhutan
Firms with Female Top Manager	21.42% of firms	41.13% of firms	48% lower	Myanmar
Infant Mortality	18.5 per 1k births	34.1 per 1k births	46% lower	Myanmar
Child Mortality	23.1 per 1k births	38.7 per 1k births	40% lower	Myanmar
Urban Population (%)	42.56%	30.45%	40% higher	Bhutan
Road Traffic Death Rate	12.2 per 100k	19.3 per 100k	37% lower	Myanmar
Agricultural Land (%)	13.82%	19.91%	31% lower	Myanmar
Renewable Energy (%)	82.5%	62.9%	31% higher	Bhutan
Adult Literacy Rate	64.91%	93.55%	31% lower	Myanmar
Electricity Access (%)	100%	76.8%	30% higher	Bhutan
Scientific Publications	115.3	163.39	29% lower	Myanmar
Highest Elevation	7.6K m	5.9K m	29% higher	Bhutan
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.55 per 1k	0.76 per 1k	28% lower	Myanmar
Can Raise Emergency Money	69.56% of adults	95.33% of adults	27% lower	Myanmar
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	23.95 µg/m³	32.31 µg/m³	26% lower	Myanmar
Average Weekly Work Hours	54.42 hrs/week	44.65 hrs/week	22% higher	Bhutan
Death Rate	5.8 per 1k	7.2 per 1k	20% lower	Myanmar
Dependency Ratio	37.75% of working-age pop.	46.21% of working-age pop.	18% lower	Myanmar
Sanitation Access (%)	86.84%	74.18%	17% higher	Bhutan
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.4% of GDP	5.2% of GDP	16% lower	Myanmar
Human Development Index	0.70	0.61	15% higher	Bhutan
Youth Population (%)	20.91%	24.3%	14% lower	Myanmar
Hypertension Prevalence	42.2% of adults	37.4% of adults	13% higher	Bhutan
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	100 per 100 people	114 per 100 people	12% lower	Myanmar
Elderly Population (%)	6.5%	7.3%	11% lower	Myanmar
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	9.0 days/yr	10 days/yr	10% lower	Myanmar
Safe Drinking Water (%)	65.59%	59.72%	10% higher	Bhutan
Fertility Rate	1.8 children/woman	1.9 children/woman	10% lower	Myanmar
Life Expectancy	73.0 years	66.9 years	9% higher	Bhutan
Unemployment Rate	2.9%	3.0%	6% lower	Myanmar
Vehicles per 1,000 People	115.31 per 1k people	122.96 per 1k people	6% lower	Myanmar
Homicide Rate	2.5 per 100k	2.6 per 100k	4% lower	Myanmar
Birth Rate	15.05 per 1k	15.44 per 1k	3% lower	Myanmar
Spirits Consumption	0 L/person/yr	1.2 L/person/yr	ranked lower	Myanmar
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Bhutan
Coastline Length	0 km	1.9K km	ranked lower	Myanmar
Coal Electricity Share	0%	5.5%	ranked lower	Myanmar
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Bhutan
Median Age	29.4 years	29.5 years	equal	Myanmar
Solar Electricity Share	0%	0.55%	ranked lower	Myanmar
GDP Growth Rate	4.6%	-0.97%	ranked higher	Bhutan
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.02 per 1M people	ranked lower	Myanmar
Lowest Elevation	97 m	0 m	ranked higher	Bhutan
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Bhutan
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-18.9% of GDP	0.40% of GDP	ranked lower	Myanmar
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	2.0 sites	ranked lower	Myanmar
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Bhutan

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Analysis

Myanmar leads in 67 of 103 shared metrics, while Bhutan leads in 36.

Bhutan's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 97.0x that of Myanmar (1.6 per 100k people vs 0.02 per 100k people).

Bhutan's Liberal Democracy Index is 29.5x that of Myanmar (0.46 vs 0.01).

Bhutan's Freedom of Expression Index is 25.2x that of Myanmar (0.68 vs 0.03).

Bhutan's Capital Elevation is 19.2x that of Myanmar (2.3K m vs 115 m).

Bhutan's Protected Land (%) is 6.8x that of Myanmar (51.6% vs 6.6%).

Key Comparisons

Bhutan

1.6 per 100k people

Myanmar

0.02 per 100k people

Liberal Democracy IndexBhutan leads

Bhutan

0.46

Myanmar

0.01

Freedom of Expression IndexBhutan leads

Bhutan

0.68

Myanmar

0.03

Capital ElevationBhutan leads

Bhutan

2.3K m

Myanmar

115 m

Protected Land (%)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

51.6%

Myanmar

6.6%

Electoral Democracy IndexBhutan leads

Bhutan

0.57

Myanmar

0.08

1.6 per 100k people

0.02 per 100k people

Liberal Democracy Index

0.46

0.01

Freedom of Expression Index

0.68

0.03

Capital Elevation

2.3K m

115 m

Protected Land (%)

51.6%

6.6%

Electoral Democracy Index

0.57

0.08

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

45.21 per 100k

6.9 per 100k

Corruption Perceptions Index

71 pts

16 pts

CO2 Per Capita

2.1 t/person/yr

0.58 t/person/yr

Government Debt (% GDP)

111% of GDP

35.7% of GDP

GNI Per Capita

$3,730

$1,210

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$16,215.15

$5,997.47

Health Spending Per Capita

$154.49

$57.97

Women's Political Empowerment

0.68

0.33

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

2.2 per 1k

1.1 per 1k

High-Tech Exports (%)

0.01%

5.2%

Water Withdrawal

0.34 B m³

33.23 B m³

Firms Asked for Bribes

0.30% of firms

29.33% of firms

Population

892.9K

57.93M

Irrigated Land

320 km²

17.1K km²

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Liberal Democracy Index

Freedom of Expression Index

Capital Elevation

Protected Land (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Corruption Perceptions Index

CO2 Per Capita

Government Debt (% GDP)

GNI Per Capita

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Health Spending Per Capita

Women's Political Empowerment

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Water Withdrawal

Firms Asked for Bribes

Population

Irrigated Land

Beer Consumption

Tourist Arrivals

GDP (Nominal)

Air Passengers

Airports

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Total CO2 Emissions

Land Area

Alcohol Consumption

Forest Area

Firms Making Informal Payments

Water Stress (%)

Credit Card Ownership

Seafood Consumption per Person

Political Corruption Index

Land Border Length

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Population Density

Youth Unemployment Rate

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Teen Birth Rate

Women in Parliament (%)

Suicide Rate

Forest Coverage (%)

Inflation Rate

Electric Generating Capacity

Broadband Access (%)

Women in Senior Management

Food Waste per Person

Border Neighbors

Obesity Rate

Smoking Rate

Digital Payments Used

Electricity Generation

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Insufficient Physical Activity

Internet Users (%)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Infant Mortality

Child Mortality

Urban Population (%)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Agricultural Land (%)

Renewable Energy (%)

Adult Literacy Rate

Electricity Access (%)

Scientific Publications

Highest Elevation

Doctors (per 1,000)

Can Raise Emergency Money

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Average Weekly Work Hours