Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Bhutan
Bhutan: Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number was 77 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements in Bhutan, 2012–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Bhutan stood at 77. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 54.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Bhutan peaked at 77 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 34, in 2012.
Bhutan ranks 120th of 266 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 34 | — |
| 2013 | 45 | +32.4% |
| 2014 | 49 | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 50 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 56 | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 60 | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 64 | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 69 | +7.8% |
| 2020 | 72 | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 72 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 75 | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 76 | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 77 | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 77 | +0.0% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 77 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 94, 82% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 77 is below the median for South Asia, which is 385.5, 20% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Bhutan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +32.4% | 34 | 45 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 53.38 | 34 | 69 | 8 |
| 2020s | 74.83 | 72 | 77 | 6 |
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- Mobile cellular subscriptions 789,606 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 99.76 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Bhutan?
- Total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Bhutan was 77 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 77 in 2024.
- What is the lowest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 34 in 2012.
- How does Bhutan rank for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements?
- Bhutan ranks 120th out of 266 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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