Employment-to-population ratio in Bhutan

The ILO estimates that 62.7% of people aged 15 and over in Bhutan were employed in 2025.

Measure: Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) Unit: % of population aged 15 and over Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: ILOSTAT
Bhutan, 2025 62.7% % of population aged 15 and over
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 62.8%
World, 2025 57.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 52nd of 181 See the full ranking

Employment-to-population ratio in Bhutan over time

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% of population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.

Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) (% of population aged 15 and over), 2003 to 2027 – the last ten estimates and projections every five years; the CSV has every year
Period BhutanWorld
2025 62.7% 57.9%
2024 62.8% 58.0%
2023 63.0% 58.1%
2022 59.3% 57.5%
2021 65.8% 56.7%
2020 64.4% 55.7%
2019 64.6% 57.6%
2018 60.5% 57.7%
2017 60.9% 57.7%
2016 61.3% 57.8%

Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 62.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 61.6%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Bhutan has the 52nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT
Dataset or series code
ILO,DF_EMP_2WAP_SEX_AGE_RT,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
.A..SEX_T.AGE_YTHADULT_YGE15
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Bhutan
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Attribution
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates), original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates