Bhutan

News coverage about Bhutan accounts for 0.156% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is up 159.2% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is +2.70 — positive. Coverage is surging: 9.9 standard deviations above the trailing average.

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Coverage share
0.156%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+159.2%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
+2.70
positive
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Bhutan coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.16% on 2026-08-200.000.100.20May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Bhutan coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone 2.70 on 2026-08-20+100-10May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Bhutan: 4 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-07-150.000.501.0May 26Jun 4Jun 10Jul 15

Diplomacy (1/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Bhutan: 77 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-200.0050.0100May 26Jun 9Jun 23Jul 8Jul 23Aug 9Aug 20

Coercion & force (1/day latest)

Coercive events located in Bhutan: 42 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-200.0025.050.0May 26Jun 6Jun 17Jul 5Jul 14Aug 7Aug 20

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Bhutan, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 3% of the coverage about Bhutan came from outlets based in Bhutan — the rest was written from abroad (763 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Bhutan from domestic outlets (%): 48 days, latest 0.00 on 2026-08-200.0012.525.0Jul 3Jul 11Jul 19Jul 28Aug 5Aug 13Aug 20

Share of articles about Bhutan produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Punakha (2)
  • Thimphu (1)
  • Samtse (1)

Places named in coverage about Bhutan on 2026-08-19 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Bhutan

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$3.6B
World Bank, 2025
Population
796,682
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
79.4%
World Bank, 2024

Coverage share measures articles published by Bhutan-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).