Wood charcoal — Production, per square kilometre in Bhutan
Bhutan: Wood charcoal — Production, per square kilometre was 0.2479 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.2479 t per square kilometre
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
75th
of 167 countries
All-time high
0.2479 t per square kilometre
in 2023
All-time low
0.0572 t per square kilometre
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Wood charcoal — Production, per square kilometre in Bhutan, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 0.2479 t per square kilometre for wood charcoal — production, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood charcoal — production, per square kilometre in Bhutan peaked at 0.2479 t per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0572 t per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Bhutan 75th out of 167 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Wood charcoal — Production, per square kilometre in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0572 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0587 t per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 0.0602 t per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0618 t per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 0.0634 t per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0651 t per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0668 t per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0686 t per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0704 t per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0722 t per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0732 t per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0739 t per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0769 t per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0793 t per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0767 t per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0765 t per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0792 t per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0866 t per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0907 t per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0936 t per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0936 t per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0949 t per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0954 t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0964 t per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0988 t per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0994 t per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0974 t per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.1001 t per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 0.1027 t per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 0.1038 t per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.1046 t per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.1053 t per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.1056 t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.124 t per square kilometre | +17.4% |
| 1995 | 0.124 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.124 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.124 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.124 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.124 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1421 t per square kilometre | +14.6% |
| 2001 | 0.1457 t per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 0.1493 t per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 0.1531 t per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.1639 t per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 0.168 t per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.1719 t per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.1758 t per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.181 t per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1836 t per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.1836 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1836 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1836 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1836 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1836 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1836 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1835 t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.1835 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2239 t per square kilometre | +22.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2284 t per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.233 t per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2379 t per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.2429 t per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.2479 t per square kilometre | +2.1% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 0.2479 t per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.671 t per square kilometre, 37% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 0.2479 t per square kilometre is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.8198 t per square kilometre, 30% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0636 t per square kilometre | 0.0572 t per square kilometre | 0.0704 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0785 t per square kilometre | 0.0722 t per square kilometre | 0.0907 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0972 t per square kilometre | 0.0936 t per square kilometre | 0.1027 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1163 t per square kilometre | 0.1038 t per square kilometre | 0.124 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1634 t per square kilometre | 0.1421 t per square kilometre | 0.1836 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1921 t per square kilometre | 0.1835 t per square kilometre | 0.2284 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2404 t per square kilometre | 0.233 t per square kilometre | 0.2479 t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 72 Costa Rica 0.2727 t per square kilometre compare
- 73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2611 t per square kilometre compare
- 74 China 0.2595 t per square kilometre compare
- 76 Afghanistan 0.2475 t per square kilometre compare
- 77 Mauritania 0.2455 t per square kilometre compare
- 78 Cambodia 0.2244 t per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Bhutan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2782 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.5977 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.08 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -5.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wood charcoal — production, per square kilometre in Bhutan?
- Wood charcoal — production, per square kilometre in Bhutan was 0.2479 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wood charcoal — production, per square kilometre recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2479 t per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest wood charcoal — production, per square kilometre recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0572 t per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Bhutan rank for wood charcoal — production, per square kilometre?
- Bhutan ranks 75th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wood charcoal — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wood charcoal — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wood charcoal — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wood charcoal — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Wood charcoal — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wood charcoal — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.