GDP · 2024
0.28
trillion yuanTibet Statistics ↗
Province-wide GDP
Provinces · China in Figures
Tibet in figures
A vast high-altitude autonomous region with pastoral systems, hydropower, tourism, border trade and very low population density.
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Official administrative map of the Tibet Autonomous Region (A2)
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Resident population · 2024
3.7
million peopleTibet Statistics ↗
Year-end resident population
Administrative area · 2024
1,202,800
sq kmTibet Government ↗
Provincial territory, not built-up area
Province profile
Economy, population and provincial structure
Each value keeps its own unit. Indexed bars provide a visual summary only and are not direct unit comparisons.
Source: Tibet Statistics ↗ · Tibet Government ↗ · Tibet 2024 official economic and population releases plus an official geography reference.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
39.7 percentTibet Statistics ↗
Share of resident population classified as urban.
GDP per resident
75,237 yuan per personTibet Statistics ↗
Province-wide current-price GDP per resident.
Services share
54.3 percentTibet Statistics ↗
Tertiary industry share of GDP.
Scope
What the province total covers
Tibet spans much of the Tibetan Plateau and borders several countries and regions. Region-wide totals combine Lhasa with extensive mountain, plateau, pastoral and border territories.
Boundary
Province is not a metro area
Resident population is the year-end region-wide total: 3.70 million in 2024. Administrative land area (1,202,800 sq km) is the provincial-level territory, not built-up area.
Economy
How to read the structure
In 2024, Tibet's GDP reached 0.28 trillion yuan and real GDP grew 6.3 percent. 2024 industry structure: primary 9.0%, secondary 36.7%, tertiary 54.3%.
International scale check
Compared with Estonia
Selected for similar economic scale: Estonia.
Not a like-for-like rank
Estonia's nominal GDP (~US$0.04T, World Bank 2024) is close to Tibet's provincial-level GDP after indicative USD conversion (~US$0.04T).
Tibet is a vast high-altitude autonomous region with pastoral systems, hydropower, tourism and border trade; Estonia is a sovereign country. GDP proximity is a scale reference only. Population, area, administrative status and economic structure are not directly comparable.
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Tibet
Chinese province-level region-wide scope
Peer country
Estonia
National territory (sovereign state)
| Metric | Tibet | Estonia |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 0.28trillion yuan≈ US$40B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Tibet Statistics ↗ | 43US$ billionWorld Bank WDI · GDP (current US$) ↗ |
| Population | 3.7million peopleTibet Statistics ↗ | 1.37million peopleWorld Bank WDI · Population, total ↗ |
| Area | 1,202,800sq kmTibet Government ↗ | 45,340sq kmWorld Bank WDI / FAO · Surface area ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 3people / sq km | 30people / sq km |
Used only to place Chinese province GDP beside country GDP in USD. Not PPP, not constant-price, and not an official exchange-rate series.
Industrial footprint
Industries that stand out
These facts highlight measurable national or global shares, rankings, and concentrated industry clusters. Sub-provincial facts are labelled with their exact local scope.
Tibet
Highland barley
47%
Share of China's highland-barley cultivation area
- Highland-barley cultivation area
- 2.301 million mu
Province-wide highland-barley cultivation-area share for 2024. Preserve the directly published 47% and do not substitute Tibet's total grain area, all barley, or other plateau crops as the denominator.
Source · Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Xizang Autonomous Region ↗Tibet
Highland barley
64%
Share of China's total highland-barley output
- Highland-barley output
- 888,000 tonnes
Province-wide highland-barley production share for 2024. The denominator is China's total highland-barley output, not Tibet's total grain output, processing volume, commodity volume or product sales.
Source · Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Xizang Autonomous Region ↗