Bhutan
South Asia · Lower middle income· 786K inhabitants
Last updated: June 1, 2025
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: Bhutan
Bhutan lags behind global peers in Human Capital (43, 32nd percentile), Innovation (31, 25th percentile), and School Access and Gender Parity (19, 33rd percentile). The remaining dimensions are closer to the global average, but none demonstrate global leadership or advanced futures readiness. Broad-based, high-impact interventions are needed to drive overall education futures readiness and resilience.
Composite GEFRI Score
43.72
36th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity18.57
Below global avg. · 33rd %-tile
Infrastructure65.83
Above global avg. · 51st %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Governance60.79
Above global avg. · 73rd %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Human Capital42.87
Below global avg. · 32nd %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Innovation30.55
Below global avg. · 25th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Regional peers: South Asia
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | 1 | Sri Lanka | 52.53 |
| 93 | 2 | Nepal | 51.44 |
| 96 | 3 | Maldives | 50.57 |
| 98 | 4 | India | 50.11 |
| 115 | 5 | Bhutan | 43.72 |
| 123 | 6 | Bangladesh | 38.03 |
| 141 | 7 | Pakistan | 29.15 |
| 171 | 8 | Afghanistan | 18.82 |