در سفري به هند، در اوايل دوران پادشاهي‌اش يك روزنامه‌نگار هندي از او درباره توليد ناخالص داخلي بوتان پرسيد، يعني ميزان توليد ناخالص داخلي بوتان. 
On a trip through India, early in his reign as king, he was asked by an Indian journalist about the Bhutanese GDP, the size of the Bhutanese GDP. 