Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population

UNFPA Bhutan

While Bhutan has enjoyed robust economic growth, poverty reduction remains a priority. Serious challenges to the constitutional commitment to universal health care exist, from rising costs to poor knowledge of reproductive health, especially among young people. UNFPA has supported the integration of family planning in the health care system since it began operating in Bhutan in 1974. Today, under an expanded programme addressing overall population and development, it helps deliver comprehensive reproductive health care services, including for adolescents, and advocates for incorporating gender equality into key development frameworks.

Data overview Voir plus

Population

  • Population aged 0-14

  • Population aged 15-64

  • Population aged 65+

Santé maternelle et néonatale

  • Naissances assistées par un professionnel de santé qualifié en

Santé sexuelle et reproductive

  • Taux de prévalence des contraceptifs (toutes méthodes confondues)

  • Besoin non satisfait

Éducation

Fécondité

Total fertility rate, per woman, 2021

Espérance de vie

Life expectancy at birth (years), 2021

Pratiques nuisibles

Child marriage by age 18, per cent, 2005-2019

  • Child marriage by age 18

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Demographic Dividend: Bhutan Voir plus

Population Pyramid

Population in thousands

Espérance de vie

Total fertility rate

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Year: 2018
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Source: United Nations, Population Division, World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision
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Key results of Bhutan in 2020 Voir plus

Adolescent health competencies

Adolescent health competencies were included in curricula of health professionals

Census sample availability

A representative sample of census data was released within 12 months of launching the main census report

Rapid assessments in crises

During a humanitarian crisis, rapid assessments of affected populations were conducted

Minimum Initial Services Package

25 Health service providers and managers were trained on the minimum initial service package

Life skills programmes for girls

3750 Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes

Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms

20 Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls

Community declarations on harmful practices

52 Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices, with support from UNFPA, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

Essential services for gender-based violence survivors

555 Women and girls who were subjected to violence have accessed the essential services package

Adolescent health competencies

Adolescent health competencies were included in curricula of health professionals

Census sample availability

A representative sample of census data was released within 12 months of launching the main census report

Rapid assessments in crises

During a humanitarian crisis, rapid assessments of affected populations were conducted

Minimum Initial Services Package

25 Health service providers and managers were trained on the minimum initial service package

Life skills programmes for girls

3750 Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes

Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms

20 Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls

Community declarations on harmful practices

52 Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices, with support from UNFPA, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

Essential services for gender-based violence survivors

555 Women and girls who were subjected to violence have accessed the essential services package
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Expenditure Voir plus

Programme activities

  • Revenus
  • Principales
  • Non - core
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Actualités

News
Nuns and monks break the silence on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Bhutan
Thimphu, BHUTAN – "There was a time when I would be menstruating and didn’t know what to do during
4 Novembre 2019 Lire plus >
News
Nuns schooled on sexual and reproductive health in Bhutan
THIMPU, Bhutan – Nuns might seem like the last people needing sexual and reproductive health educat
22 Juin 2016 Lire plus >

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