Bhutan

What percentage of income is owned by the least wealthy 20% of households?
The income earned by the lowest 20% of Bhutanesse households is 4.6 Ngultrum or Nu is 4.6
What are the recent achievements and challenges of our country?
The recent achievements are: Bhutan is gradually communicating with other countries and improving its economy while still being able to keep its culture intact and keeping the environment healthy. In the 1990s, the lack of political representation (and more focus on Buddhist culture) led to violence, many people in the ethnic Nepali community in the south fled to refugee camps and still have not returned.
How does poverty affect people in our country?
About one third of the population are below the poverty line
Affects: Women are equal to men but less mobile than men, and less active in social and economic life outside of their own villages. The poor people in Bhutan include, farmers, small traders, day labourers and their households.



How old can children expect to live? (What is the life expectancy at birth?
Life expectancy in Bhutan is 66 years.
How many mobile (cellular) phones are available per 1000 people?
There are 405 cellular phones are available per 1000 people
How many internet users per 1000 people?
66 internet users per 1000 people

What percentage of adults can read (adult literacy rate)?

52.8% of adults are literate
What percentage of people have access to clean water (access to improved drinking water source)?
81% of people in Bhutan have access to clean water.
What percentage of people have access to sanitation?
52% of people living in Bhutan have access to sanitation and toilets.

What is the average income [GDP per capita (PPP US$)]?
In 2011 Bhutan's gross domestic product (GDP) per capita was estimated at $2,042 (US)
What percentage of people live below the national poverty line?
23.2% is the estimated amount of people living below the national poverty line. That’s approximately 161,781 people
What percentage of children attend primary school?
At the last survey in 2010 approximately 41,000 students attended school to the nearest thousand so that is close to 25.3%