Bhutan vs Djibouti

Bhutan and Djibouti compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Djibouti has about 1.5 times as many people as Bhutan: 1.2 million against 796,682 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Bhutan ($4,493) is 15% higher than in Djibouti ($3,906) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Bhutan (8%) than in Djibouti (6.5%), a difference of 1.5 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Bhutan (3.6%) than in Djibouti (-0.3%), a difference of 3.9 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Djibouti (26%) than in Bhutan (3.2%), a difference of 22.8 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Bhutan can expect to live 7.1 years longer than one born in Djibouti: 73.3 years against 66.2 years in 2024.
• The population of Bhutan is older: half of its people are over 29.4 years, against 24.4 years in Djibouti in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Bhutan (91.3%) than in Djibouti (65.3%), a difference of 26 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Bhutan (2 tonnes) are about 2.6 times as high as in Djibouti (0.77 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Bhutan (70.4%) than in Djibouti (0.3%), a difference of 70.1 percentage points in 2024.