How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Bhutan
Bhutan: How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? was 0.0% in 2022. ◆ Volatile
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Bhutan, 2003–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Bhutan stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 99.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Bhutan peaked at 23.1% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2022.
That places Bhutan 115th out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.6% | 12.0% | 23.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 2.6% | 3.6% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Bhutan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.46 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,552 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.4% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.278 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 34.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1103 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1103 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1231 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2858 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Bhutan?
- How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Bhutan was 0.0% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 23.1% in 2003.
- What is the lowest how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2022.
- How does Bhutan rank for how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty??
- Bhutan ranks 115th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.