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Bhutan vs Nepal

110 shared metrics.

BhutanLeads in 44

vs110 shared

NepalLeads in 66

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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

Nepal

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Name origin: the name probably comes from the Sanskrit term nepala, from the words for "fly down" and "house," which would refer to the villages at the base of the mount…

CIA 2026

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Nepal packs eight of the world's fourteen classic 8,000-meter peaks into one mountain country.

NTB

Analysis

Nepal leads in 66 of 110 shared metrics, while Bhutan leads in 44.

Bhutan's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 15.9x that of Nepal (1.6 per 100k people vs 0.09 per 100k people).

Bhutan's Hospital Beds (per 1,000) is 4.5x that of Nepal (2.2 per 1k vs 0.40 per 1k).

Bhutan's Safe Drinking Water (%) is 3.0x that of Nepal (65.59% vs 16.49%).

Bhutan's Exports (% GDP) is 2.7x that of Nepal (28.39% of GDP vs 7.6% of GDP).

Bhutan's CO2 Per Capita is 2.3x that of Nepal (2.1 t/person/yr vs 0.63 t/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

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

Bhutan

1.6 per 100k people

Nepal

0.09 per 100k people

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

2.2 per 1k

Nepal

0.40 per 1k

Safe Drinking Water (%)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

65.59%

Nepal

16.49%

Exports (% GDP)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

28.39% of GDP

Nepal

7.6% of GDP

CO2 Per CapitaBhutan leads

Bhutan

2.1 t/person/yr

Nepal

0.63 t/person/yr

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

0.40% of GDP

Nepal

0.13% of GDP

All Metrics

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Bhutan

Nepal

Bhutan

0.30% of firms

Nepal

6.2% of firms

95% lower

Comparison of Bhutan and Nepal across 110 metrics
				Winner
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.6 per 100k people	0.09 per 100k people	1586% higher	Bhutan
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.2 per 1k	0.40 per 1k	450% higher	Bhutan
Safe Drinking Water (%)	65.59%	16.49%	298% higher	Bhutan
Exports (% GDP)	28.39% of GDP	7.6% of GDP	272% higher	Bhutan
CO2 Per Capita	2.1 t/person/yr	0.63 t/person/yr	231% higher	Bhutan
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.40% of GDP	0.13% of GDP	198% higher	Bhutan
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$16,215.15	$5,736.62	183% higher	Bhutan
Government Debt (% GDP)	111% of GDP	39.9% of GDP	178% higher	Bhutan
GNI Per Capita	$3,730	$1,470	154% higher	Bhutan
Protected Land (%)	51.6%	23.6%	119% higher	Bhutan
Corruption Perceptions Index	71 pts	34 pts	109% higher	Bhutan
Seafood Consumption per Person	7.3 kg/person/yr	3.5 kg/person/yr	109% higher	Bhutan
Firms with Female Top Manager	21.42% of firms	10.31% of firms	108% higher	Bhutan
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	45.21 per 100k	21.99 per 100k	106% higher	Bhutan
High-Tech Exports (%)	0.01%	0.62%	98% lower	Nepal
Population	892.9K	31.33M	97% lower	Nepal
Irrigated Land	320 km²	12.1K km²	97% lower	Nepal
Air Passengers	189.9K	4.29M	96% lower	Nepal
Water Withdrawal	0.34 B m³	9.5 B m³	96% lower	Nepal
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.30% of firms	6.2% of firms	95% lower	Nepal
Scientific Publications	115.3	1.7K	93% lower	Nepal
GDP (Nominal)	$3,012,896,789.25	$42,914,268,286.71	93% lower	Nepal
Airports	4.0	50	92% lower	Nepal
Water Stress (%)	0.43%	4.8%	91% lower	Nepal
Beer Consumption	0.02 L/person/yr	0.16 L/person/yr	90% lower	Nepal
Population Density	20.62 /km²	207.15 /km²	90% lower	Nepal
Total CO2 Emissions	1.6 Mt CO2e	15.89 Mt CO2e	90% lower	Nepal
Tourist Arrivals	29.8K	230.0K	87% lower	Nepal
Women in Parliament (%)	4.3%	33.09%	87% lower	Nepal
Teen Birth Rate	9.4 per 1k	67.17 per 1k	86% lower	Nepal
Alcohol Consumption	0.18 L/adult/yr	1.1 L/adult/yr	83% lower	Nepal
Obesity Rate	11.98%	6.6%	82% higher	Bhutan
Broadband Access (%)	1.0 per 100 people	5.0 per 100 people	80% lower	Nepal
Capital Elevation	2.3K m	1.3K m	79% higher	Bhutan
Firms Hit by Power Outages	18.57% of firms	75.84% of firms	76% lower	Nepal
Health Spending Per Capita	$154.49	$88.27	75% higher	Bhutan
Political Corruption Index	0.15	0.56	74% lower	Nepal
Land Area	38.1K km²	143.3K km²	73% lower	Nepal
Unemployment Rate	2.9%	10.71%	73% lower	Nepal
Forest Coverage (%)	71.61%	41.59%	72% higher	Bhutan
Tourism Revenue	$84,000,000	$238,000,000	65% lower	Nepal
Land Border Length	1.1K km	3.2K km	64% lower	Nepal
Imports (% GDP)	53.35% of GDP	32.91% of GDP	62% higher	Bhutan
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.8% of GDP	3.7% of GDP	58% higher	Bhutan
Internet Users (%)	88%	56%	57% higher	Bhutan
Road Traffic Death Rate	12.2 per 100k	28.2 per 100k	57% lower	Nepal
Food Waste per Person	61.29 kg/person/yr	134.87 kg/person/yr	55% lower	Nepal
Forest Area	27.3K km²	59.6K km²	54% lower	Nepal
Suicide Rate	4.9 per 100k	10.14 per 100k	52% lower	Nepal
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	23.95 µg/m³	45.72 µg/m³	48% lower	Nepal
Firms Making Informal Payments	1.8% of firms	3.4% of firms	48% lower	Nepal
Agricultural Land (%)	13.82%	26.12%	47% lower	Nepal
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.55 per 1k	1.0 per 1k	46% lower	Nepal
Nurses & Midwives	2.0 per 1k	3.5 per 1k	41% lower	Nepal
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	9.0 days/yr	15 days/yr	40% lower	Nepal
Inflation Rate	2.8%	4.7%	40% lower	Nepal
University Enrollment Rate	13.01%	21.29%	39% lower	Nepal
Lowest Elevation	97 m	70 m	39% higher	Bhutan
Digital Payments Used	17.23% of adults	28.07% of adults	39% lower	Nepal
Vehicles per 1,000 People	115.31 per 1k people	84.07 per 1k people	37% higher	Bhutan
Urban Population (%)	42.56%	66.77%	36% lower	Nepal
Smoking Rate	18.7%	28.3%	34% lower	Nepal
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.4% of GDP	6.7% of GDP	34% lower	Nepal
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	33% lower	Nepal
Average Weekly Work Hours	54.42 hrs/week	41.04 hrs/week	33% higher	Bhutan
Dependency Ratio	37.75% of working-age pop.	53.69% of working-age pop.	30% lower	Nepal
Tobacco Use Prevalence	19.6% of adults	28% of adults	30% lower	Nepal
Can Raise Emergency Money	69.56% of adults	96.45% of adults	28% lower	Nepal
GDP Growth Rate	4.6%	3.7%	26% higher	Bhutan
Youth Population (%)	20.91%	28.43%	26% lower	Nepal
Credit Card Ownership	0.27% of adults	0.36% of adults	25% lower	Nepal
Infant Mortality	18.5 per 1k births	23.3 per 1k births	21% lower	Nepal
Median Age	29.4 years	24.7 years	19% higher	Bhutan
Electric Generating Capacity	2.34M kW	2.85M kW	18% lower	Nepal
Hypertension Prevalence	42.2% of adults	36.2% of adults	17% higher	Bhutan
Youth Unemployment Rate	17.05% of youth labor force	20.56% of youth labor force	17% lower	Nepal
Homicide Rate	2.5 per 100k	2.1 per 100k	16% higher	Bhutan
Freedom of Expression Index	0.68	0.81	16% lower	Nepal
Insufficient Physical Activity	9.9% of adults	8.5% of adults	16% higher	Bhutan
Women's Political Empowerment	0.68	0.79	15% lower	Nepal
Electoral Democracy Index	0.57	0.66	14% lower	Nepal
Highest Elevation	7.6K m	8.8K m	14% lower	Nepal
Child Mortality	23.1 per 1k births	26.5 per 1k births	13% lower	Nepal
Human Development Index	0.70	0.62	12% higher	Bhutan
Renewable Energy (%)	82.5%	73.7%	12% higher	Bhutan
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	12.28% of GDP	13.94% of GDP	12% lower	Nepal
Women in Senior Management	15.5% of managers	13.9% of managers	11% higher	Bhutan
Liberal Democracy Index	0.46	0.51	10% lower	Nepal
Birth Rate	15.05 per 1k	16.66 per 1k	10% lower	Nepal
Electricity Access (%)	100%	94%	6% higher	Bhutan
Inequality (Gini)	28.5	30	5% lower	Nepal
Life Expectancy	73.0 years	70.4 years	4% higher	Bhutan
Fertility Rate	1.8 children/woman	1.8 children/woman	4% lower	Nepal
Electricity Generation	11.16 TWh	10.7 TWh	4% higher	Bhutan
Electricity Carbon Intensity	23.64 gCO2/kWh	24.26 gCO2/kWh	3% lower	Nepal
Death Rate	5.8 per 1k	5.6 per 1k	2% higher	Bhutan
Sanitation Access (%)	86.84%	86.03%	1% higher	Bhutan
Spirits Consumption	0 L/person/yr	0.45 L/person/yr	ranked lower	Nepal
Coastline Length	0 km	0 km	ranked higher	Bhutan
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Bhutan
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0.09%	ranked lower	Nepal
Solar Electricity Share	0%	1.1%	ranked lower	Nepal
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	100 per 100 people	100 per 100 people	equal	Bhutan
Elderly Population (%)	6.5%	6.5%	equal	Nepal
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Bhutan
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Bhutan
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-18.9% of GDP	6.7% of GDP	ranked lower	Nepal
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	4.0 sites	ranked lower	Nepal
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Bhutan
Border Neighbors	2.0	2.0	equal	Bhutan

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Bhutan Nepal

Analysis

Nepal leads in 66 of 110 shared metrics, while Bhutan leads in 44.

Bhutan's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 15.9x that of Nepal (1.6 per 100k people vs 0.09 per 100k people).

Bhutan's Hospital Beds (per 1,000) is 4.5x that of Nepal (2.2 per 1k vs 0.40 per 1k).

Bhutan's Safe Drinking Water (%) is 3.0x that of Nepal (65.59% vs 16.49%).

Bhutan's Exports (% GDP) is 2.7x that of Nepal (28.39% of GDP vs 7.6% of GDP).

Bhutan's CO2 Per Capita is 2.3x that of Nepal (2.1 t/person/yr vs 0.63 t/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Bhutan

1.6 per 100k people

Nepal

0.09 per 100k people

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

2.2 per 1k

Nepal

0.40 per 1k

Safe Drinking Water (%)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

65.59%

Nepal

16.49%

Exports (% GDP)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

28.39% of GDP

Nepal

7.6% of GDP

CO2 Per CapitaBhutan leads

Bhutan

2.1 t/person/yr

Nepal

0.63 t/person/yr

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Bhutan leads

Bhutan

0.40% of GDP

Nepal

0.13% of GDP

1.6 per 100k people

0.09 per 100k people

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

2.2 per 1k

0.40 per 1k

Safe Drinking Water (%)

65.59%

16.49%

Exports (% GDP)

28.39% of GDP

7.6% of GDP

CO2 Per Capita

2.1 t/person/yr

0.63 t/person/yr

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

0.40% of GDP

0.13% of GDP

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$16,215.15

$5,736.62

Government Debt (% GDP)

111% of GDP

39.9% of GDP

GNI Per Capita

$3,730

$1,470

Protected Land (%)

51.6%

23.6%

Corruption Perceptions Index

71 pts

34 pts

Seafood Consumption per Person

7.3 kg/person/yr

3.5 kg/person/yr

Firms with Female Top Manager

21.42% of firms

10.31% of firms

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

45.21 per 100k

21.99 per 100k

High-Tech Exports (%)

0.01%

0.62%

Population

892.9K

31.33M

Irrigated Land

320 km²

12.1K km²

Air Passengers

189.9K

4.29M

Water Withdrawal

0.34 B m³

9.5 B m³

Firms Asked for Bribes

0.30% of firms

6.2% of firms

Bhutan vs Nepal

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Exports (% GDP)

CO2 Per Capita

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Government Debt (% GDP)

GNI Per Capita

Protected Land (%)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Seafood Consumption per Person

Firms with Female Top Manager

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

High-Tech Exports (%)

Population

Irrigated Land

Air Passengers

Water Withdrawal

Firms Asked for Bribes

Scientific Publications

GDP (Nominal)

Airports

Water Stress (%)

Beer Consumption

Population Density

Total CO2 Emissions

Tourist Arrivals

Women in Parliament (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Alcohol Consumption

Obesity Rate

Broadband Access (%)

Capital Elevation

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Health Spending Per Capita

Political Corruption Index

Land Area

Unemployment Rate

Forest Coverage (%)

Tourism Revenue

Land Border Length

Imports (% GDP)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Internet Users (%)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Food Waste per Person

Forest Area

Suicide Rate

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Agricultural Land (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Nurses & Midwives

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Inflation Rate

University Enrollment Rate

Lowest Elevation

Digital Payments Used

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Urban Population (%)

Smoking Rate

Health Spending (% GDP)

Time Zones Count

Average Weekly Work Hours

Dependency Ratio

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Can Raise Emergency Money

GDP Growth Rate

Youth Population (%)

Credit Card Ownership

Infant Mortality