BLMIS: Bhutan Labour Market Information system
Bhutan Labour Market Information System (BLMIS) was mainly developed for the easy access to key labour market data in a summary format. It disseminates information on current labour market situation and provides information to both labour supply and demand. It also includes qualitative and quantitative information which will assist and empower policy makers and planners for precise planning and decision making on any labour market policy. The qualitative information is also available in the form of reports which users can download from the publication.

Key Indicators of Labour Market (KILM):

Indicators 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Estimated Population 745,939 755,710 764,667 774,367 728441
Labour Force 345,786 348,742 352,953 354,652 353863
Persons Employed 335,870 339,569 344,293 347,130 342771
Unemployment Rate (%) 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.1 3.1
Estimated Population distribution by age structure (%)
<15 29.1 26.3 26.9 26.4 26.1
15-64 65.5 67.1 66.4 66.8 68.1
65+ 5.5 6.6 6.7 6.9 5.8
Rural-Urban Proportion (%)
Rural 69.1 69.3 69.4 69.3 61.4
Urban 30.9 30.7 30.6 30.7 38.6
Male-Female Proportion (%)
Male 49.6 48.6 48.0 48.6 48.7
Female 50.4 51.4 52.0 51.4 51.3
Labour Force Participation Rate (%) 65.3 62.6 63.1 62.2 65.7
By Area
Rural 67.9 65.7 64.8 65.4 68
Urban 59.5 55.3 59.2 54.5 62.1
By Gender
Male 72.1 71.0 71.2 71.7 72.1
Female 58.9 54.8 55.9 53.6 59.9
Unemployment (numbers) 9,916 9,174 8,660 7,522 11,092
By Area of Residence
Rural 3,828 2,994 2,428 3,917 3,944
Urban 6,088 6,180 6,232 3,605 7,148
Unemployment by area of residence (%)
Rural 1.5 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.7
Urban 6.3 6.7 6.3 3.9 5.6
Unemployement by sex (numbers)
Male 4,015 3,627 3,470 3,848 5,038
Female 5,901 5,546 5,190 3,674 6,054
Unemployment by sex (%)
Male 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.7
Female 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.3 3.6
Youth Unemployment Rate (%) 9.6 9.4 10.7 13.2 12.3
Youth Unemployment by area of residence (numbers)
Rural 1,272 1,563 1,489 2,727 2,376
Urban 3,010 2,117 3,015 2,086 3,650
Youth Unemployment by area of residence (%)
Rural 4.0 5.1 4.8 9.9 8.6
Urban 22.8 24.0 28.0 23.3 17
Youth Unemployment by sex (numbers)
Male 1,887 1,499 1,528 2,428 2,486
Female 2,395 2,182 2,975 2,385 3,540
Youth Unemployment by sex (%)
Male 9.2 8.6 8.2 16.4 11.2
Female 9.9 10.0 12.7 11.0 13.2