Bhutan Poverty Rate (2003-2022)

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.