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Bhutan geopolitical profile

National context alongside 69 of 194 possible reviewed directions from Bhutan. Relationship scores remain directional: the reverse country view may differ.

69Mixed
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Comparable national indicators provide context only. They do not enter the geopolitical relationship score.

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Global context

2026 OUTLOOK · ESTIMATES

Current-year economic outlook

IMF projections are shown separately from observed World Bank data and may be revised.

GDP$3.9BESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual not stated
GDP per capita$4.9KESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual not stated
Real GDP growth7.5%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual not stated
Inflation4%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual not stated

IMF World Economic Outlook · April 2026 database · published 2026-04-14 · downloaded 2026-09-25

World Bank Indicators API · downloaded 2026-09-17 · each card uses its latest available year · CC BY 4.0

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Geopolitical position

A relational fingerprint calculated only from reviewed directions. Coverage is stated beside every aggregate.

Average toward reviewed countries+369 directions reviewed
Average from reviewed countries+369 directions reviewed
Cooperative or stronger0Scores of +10 or above
Competitive or worse0Scores of −10 or below
CURRENT REVIEWED LAYER

Relationships from Bhutan

Sorted from highest to lowest for navigation, not as a league table. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties. Select a row for the evidence-backed directional page and its reciprocal comparison.

CountryScoreBandConfidenceEvidence
BangladeshBTN → BGD+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceAlgeriaBTN → DZA+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyAngolaBTN → AGO+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyBrazilBTN → BRA+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyChileBTN → CHL+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyColombiaBTN → COL+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyDominican RepublicBTN → DOM+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyEcuadorBTN → ECU+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyEgyptBTN → EGY+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyEthiopiaBTN → ETH+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyGhanaBTN → GHA+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyGuatemalaBTN → GTM+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyIndonesiaBTN → IDN+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyIraqBTN → IRQ+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyKazakhstanBTN → KAZ+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyKenyaBTN → KEN+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyKuwaitBTN → KWT+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyMalaysiaBTN → MYS+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyMexicoBTN → MEX+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyMoroccoBTN → MAR+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyNigeriaBTN → NGA+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyPeruBTN → PER+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyPhilippinesBTN → PHL+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyQatarBTN → QAT+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyRussiaBTN → RUS+5Mixed65%Documented bilateral evidenceSaudi ArabiaBTN → SAU+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySingaporeBTN → SGP+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySouth AfricaBTN → ZAF+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyThailandBTN → THA+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited Arab EmiratesBTN → ARE+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyUzbekistanBTN → UZB+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyVietnamBTN → VNM+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyCanadaBTN → CAN+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceIndiaBTN → IND+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceJapanBTN → JPN+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidencePakistanBTN → PAK+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceAustraliaBTN → AUS+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyAustriaBTN → AUT+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyBelgiumBTN → BEL+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyBulgariaBTN → BGR+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyCroatiaBTN → HRV+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyDenmarkBTN → DNK+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyFinlandBTN → FIN+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyGermanyBTN → DEU+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyGreeceBTN → GRC+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyIranBTN → IRN+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyIrelandBTN → IRL+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyItalyBTN → ITA+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyNetherlandsBTN → NLD+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyNew ZealandBTN → NZL+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyNorwayBTN → NOR+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyPolandBTN → POL+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyPortugalBTN → PRT+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyRomaniaBTN → ROU+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySlovakiaBTN → SVK+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySouth KoreaBTN → KOR+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySpainBTN → ESP+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySwedenBTN → SWE+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySwitzerlandBTN → CHE+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyTürkiyeBTN → TUR+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyArgentinaBTN → ARG0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyCzechiaBTN → CZE0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyFranceBTN → FRA0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyHungaryBTN → HUN0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyUkraineBTN → UKR0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited KingdomBTN → GBR0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited StatesBTN → USA-1Mixed65%Documented bilateral evidenceChinaBTN → CHN-4Mixed79%Broad sourced evidenceIsraelBTN → ISR-5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators only
Methodology v1.1.1 frozen

Every component begins at zero. Only documented rules and measured thresholds alter the score; unavailable evidence is not converted into a neutral assumption. Gaps below 5 points should not be interpreted as a meaningful ranking.