GCRF Logo

The Kingdom of Bhutan is a small, mountainous, landlocked country in South Asia, located in the eastern Himalayas, bordered by India and China. Bhutan is home to a population of about 770,000 spread over approximately 38,394 square kilometres, with about 71 percent of its land under forest cover.

Bhutan has a stable political and economic environment. It has made a tremendous progress in reducing extreme poverty and promoting gender equality, while attention is needed to address inequality issues. The country is vulnerable to natural disasters and climate-related risks (World Bank, 2019).

0 million (total population)
0 % primary schools with access to the internet for pedagogical purposes
0 land area covered by forest in 2020
OPPORTUNITIES

Funding opportunities

Information about our schemes, funding guidance, what's on offer and our partner matching service.

Related articles

Gender equality is not only a basic human right, but its achievement has enormous...

16 October 2020

Reflections from Sahar Imam, Rania Abu Ramadan, Joanne Rowland and Alzhraa Alkhatib and Iain Stewart. This article draws on a virtual focus group discussion on gender equality between female...

24 February 2023

Pernambuco is a state in northeast Brazil. Four years of a repressive right-wing government...

3 March 2023