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• Kingdom of Bhutan
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    • Introduction
    • Geography
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    • National Social Welfare System
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    • Health Profile
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  • Profile of Disability-related Organizations

1. General Fact Sheet

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Government (ii)
Type		Monarchy
Chief of State		King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (since July 1972)
Head of Government		Chairman of the Council of Ministers Lyonpo Sangay Ngedup (since September 2005)
Capital		Thimphu
Administrative Divisions		18 districts
Demographics
Mid - 2005 Population(thousands) iv	734,340	Age Structure (2005) i
Annual Growth Rate i	2.2%	0 - 14 years	38.0%
Urban Population (2005) i	9.0%	15 - 64 years	57.0%
Nationality	Bhutanese	Over 65 years	5.0%
Ethnic Group (2001) ii		Sex Ratio (2005 est.) ii	1.07 male(s)/female
Bhote	50.0%	Unemployment Rate (2004 est.) ii	N/A
Ethnic Nepalese	35.0%	Population below poverty line (1997 est.) ii	N/A
Indigenous or Migrant Tribes	15.0%
Education (iii)
Adult Literacy (M) (1995 est.)	56.2%	Enrolment Ratios
Adult Literacy (F) (1995 est.)	28.1%	Primary	N/A
Public expenditure on Education:total government expenditure (2000)	N/A	Secondary	N/A
		Tertiary	N/A
		Compulsory	Yes
Health
Life Expectancy (M) (2005) i	63 years	HIV/AIDS Prevalence (2001 est.) ii	Less Than 0.1%
Life Expectancy (F) (2005) i	65 years	HIV/AIDS Figures (1999 est.) ii	Less Than 100
		Infant Mortality (per 1,000) i	52
Economic (ii)
GDP - per capita (2003 est.)	$ 1,400	Contributions to GDP ( 2002 est.)
GDP Growth (2003 est.)	5.3%	Agriculture	45.0%
Budget (2004 est.)		Industry	10.0%
Revenues	$ 146 million	Services	45.0%
Expenditures	$ 152 million
Disability (iii)
Major Legislation		None
Disability Figure - Est.	21,000	Disability by Type
Disability Prevalence - Est.	3.5%	Difficulty hearing	41.0%
Disability by Sex (M) - 2001	51.0%	Difficulty seeing	35.0%
Disability by Sex (F) - 2001	49.0%	Difficulty moving	14.0%
National Coordination Committee on Disability	None	Fits	8.0%
		No feeling in hand/feet	1.0%
		Strange behavior	1.0%

Source

1. 2005 ESCAP Population Data Sheet, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
2. CIA-The World Factbook 2005 - Bhutan (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bt.html)
3. Royal Civil Service Commission Secretariat Statistical Yearbook of Bhutan 2003, National Statistical Bureau
4. Department of Information Technology. Bhutan (http://www.bhutan.gov.bt/govataglance.php?
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