ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Bhutan

Bhutan: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by was 58.62 % in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
58.62 %
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
19th
of 79 countries
All-time high
69.55 %
in 2021
All-time low
57.6 %
in 2022
Years of data
9
2014–2024

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Bhutan, 2014–2024

02040602014201920242014: 61.1 %2015: 60.4 %2018: 60.5 %2019: 67 %2020: 67.5 %2021: 69.5 %2022: 57.6 %2023: 59.8 %2024: 58.6 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

Bhutan recorded 58.62 % for ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Bhutan peaked at 69.55 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 57.6 %, in 2022.

Bhutan ranks 19th of 79 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Bhutan, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, total (15+), rural areas — Female — Value in Bhutan, 2014 to 2024.
Year % Change
2014 61.11 %
2015 60.37 % -1.2%
2018 60.46 % +0.1%
2019 67.01 % +10.8%
2020 67.53 % +0.8%
2021 69.55 % +3.0%
2022 57.6 % -17.2%
2023 59.84 % +3.9%
2024 58.62 % -2.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 62.24 % 60.37 % 67.01 % 4
2020s 62.63 % 57.6 % 69.55 % 5

Countries ranked near Bhutan

  1. 16 Australia 60.18 % compare
  2. 17 Germany 58.86 % compare
  3. 18 Sweden 58.81 % compare
  4. 20 Zimbabwe 58.57 % compare
  5. 21 Ireland 58.21 % compare
  6. 22 Thailand 58.17 % compare

See the full ranking of 86 places →

More economy & growth data for Bhutan

All data for Bhutan →

Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Bhutan?
Ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Bhutan was 58.62 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Bhutan?
The highest recorded value was 69.55 % in 2021.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Bhutan?
The lowest recorded value was 57.6 % in 2022.
How does Bhutan rank for ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by?
Bhutan ranks 19th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by rising or falling in Bhutan?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Bhutan data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, total (15+), rural areas — Female — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 9 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Bhutan. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/ilostat-labour-force-survey-labour-force-participation-rate-by-age-total-15-rural-areas-3/bhutan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/ilostat-labour-force-survey-labour-force-participation-rate-by-age-total-15-rural-areas-3/bhutan/">ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Bhutan</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, total (15+), rural areas — Female — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
86 places, 1,544 data points, 1987–2025
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.