Bhutan Poverty Rate

Bhutan poverty rate for 2022 was 10.10%, a 32.4% decline from 2017.
  • Bhutan poverty rate for 2017 was 42.50%, a 6% decline from 2012.
  • Bhutan poverty rate for 2012 was 48.50%, a 16.6% decline from 2007.
  • Bhutan poverty rate for 2007 was 65.10%, a 11% decline from 2003.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Bhutan Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 2003 - 2022.