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Bhutan

Headline economic indicators for Bhutan, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Bhutan
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 3.6% +0.79 (+28.7%)
Consumer price index · 225.8 +7.75 (+3.6%)
GDP deflator inflation · 3.2% -1.51 (-32.4%)

GDP

GDP — Bhutan
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 8.0% +0.51 (+6.8%)
GDP per capita · 4,492.78 +264.73 (+6.3%)
GDP · 3,579,320,145.13 +232,716,286 (+7.0%)
GDP, PPP · 15,610,189,369 +1,550,819,201 (+11.0%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 19,594 +1,832 (+10.3%)
GDP per capita growth · 7.3% +0.51 (+7.4%)
GNI per capita · 4,310 +400.00 (+10.2%)
Agriculture to GDP · 13.7% -0.47 (-3.3%)
Industry to GDP · 33.2% +1.49 (+4.7%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 6.6% -1.23 (-15.7%)
Services to GDP · 53.2% +1.64 (+3.2%)
Household consumption to GDP · 53.8% -5.56 (-9.4%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 42.6% -2.66 (-5.9%)
Gross savings to GDP · 22.9% +5.33 (+30.2%)

Labour

Labour — Bhutan
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 3.2% -0.06 (-1.7%)
Labour force participation rate · 64.8% -0.08 (-0.1%)
Female labour force participation rate · 56.7% +0.06 (+0.1%)
Youth unemployment rate · 17.1% -0.88 (-4.9%)
Employment to population ratio · 62.7% -0.04 (-0.1%)
Employment in agriculture · 42.4% -0.83 (-1.9%)
Employment in industry · 15.9% +0.36 (+2.3%)
Employment in services · 41.8% +0.48 (+1.2%)

Money

Money — Bhutan
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 8.3% +2.73 (+48.6%)
Broad money to GDP · 83.3% -0.75 (-0.9%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 71.6% +3.24 (+4.7%)
Lending rate · 11.8% +1.22 (+11.5%)
Bank deposit rate · 4.5% +0.00 (+0.0%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 2.2% -0.16 (-6.6%)
Official exchange rate · 87.16 +3.49 (+4.2%)

Trade

Trade — Bhutan
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -19.4% +14.51 (+42.8%)
Exports to GDP · 31.5% +3.11 (+10.9%)
Imports to GDP · 47.9% -5.48 (-10.3%)
Trade to GDP · 79.4% -2.37 (-2.9%)
Exports of goods and services · 1,054,008,208.17 +198,703,817 (+23.2%)
Imports of goods and services · 1,601,941,677.95 -5,394,167 (-0.3%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -564,345,873.76 +398,488,111 (+41.4%)
Current account balance (annual) · -649,300,892.66 +372,293,684 (+36.4%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 0.2% +0.15 (+182.7%)
Remittances received to GDP · 3.3% -0.31 (-8.6%)
Total reserves, including gold · 1,193,813,117.88 +252,795,429 (+26.9%)
Reserves in months of imports · 6.6 +2.60 (+64.8%)
External debt to GNI · 114.5% -0.52 (-0.4%)

Government

Government — Bhutan
Indicator Value Change
Government debt to GDP · 111.0% +20.65 (+22.9%)
Government revenue to GDP · 20.0% +1.19 (+6.3%)
Government expense to GDP · 24.1% +7.45 (+44.8%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 12.3% -2.21 (-15.3%)
Government budget balance to GDP · -2.5% -3.97 (-272.9%)
Government consumption to GDP · 20.0% -0.36 (-1.8%)
Education spending to GDP · 5.8% -1.62 (-21.7%)
Health spending to GDP · 4.4% +0.50 (+12.7%)

Demography

Demography — Bhutan
Indicator Value Change
Population · 796,682 +5,158 (+0.7%)
Population growth · 0.6% -0.00 (-0.3%)
Life expectancy · 73.3 +0.29 (+0.4%)
Fertility rate · 1.45 -0.01 (-0.9%)
Birth rate · 12.5 -0.14 (-1.1%)
Death rate · 6.1 -0.04 (-0.7%)
Urban population share · 43.4% +0.87 (+2.0%)
Population aged 65 and over · 6.6% +0.13 (+2.0%)
Under-five mortality rate · 17.2 -0.80 (-4.4%)
Population density · 20.8 +0.13 (+0.7%)
Net migration · 455 +732.00 (+264.3%)
Gini index · 28.5 -8.90 (-23.8%)

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