Bhutan vs Eswatini

Bhutan and Eswatini 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.

• Eswatini has about 1.6 times as many people as Bhutan: 1.3 million against 796,682 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Bhutan ($4,493) is 9% higher than in Eswatini ($4,108) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Bhutan (8%) than in Eswatini (4.2%), a difference of 3.8 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Bhutan (3.6% in 2025) than in Eswatini (2.6% in 2019), a difference of 1 percentage point.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Eswatini (34.2%) than in Bhutan (3.2%), a difference of 31 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Bhutan can expect to live 9 years longer than one born in Eswatini: 73.3 years against 64.3 years in 2024.
• The population of Bhutan is older: half of its people are over 29.4 years, against 22 years in Eswatini in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Bhutan (91.3%) than in Eswatini (63.4%), a difference of 27.9 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Bhutan (2 tonnes) are about 2.3 times as high as in Eswatini (0.88 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Bhutan (70.4%) than in Eswatini (25.3%), a difference of 45.1 percentage points in 2024.