Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Bhutan
Bhutan: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day was 0.0% in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Bhutan, 2003–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Bhutan is 0.0%, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Bhutan peaked at 0.1% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2003.
That places Bhutan 100th out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 0.1% | — |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -76.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +40.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 0.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2%. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 97 Sri Lanka 0.0% compare
- 98 Belgium 0.0% compare
- 99 Indonesia 0.0% compare
- 100 Albania 0.0% compare
- 100 Azerbaijan 0.0%
- 100 Bangladesh 0.0% compare
- 100 Belarus 0.0% compare
- 100 China 0.0% compare
- 100 Czechia 0.0% compare
- 100 Jordan 0.0% compare
- 100 Kazakhstan 0.0% compare
- 100 Malaysia 0.0% compare
- 100 Moldova 0.0% compare
- 100 Mongolia 0.0% compare
- 100 Nepal 0.0% compare
- 100 Romania 0.0% compare
- 100 Russia 0.0% compare
- 100 Slovenia 0.0% compare
- 100 South Korea 0.0% compare
- 100 Switzerland 0.0% compare
- 100 Taiwan 0.0% compare
- 100 Thailand 0.0% compare
- 100 Ukraine 0.0% compare
More reference data data for Bhutan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0217 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0671 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0167 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0727 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0153 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3489 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5881 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Bhutan?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Bhutan was 0.0% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2007.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2003.
- How does Bhutan rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day?
- Bhutan ranks 100th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $1 per day.