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Country Information - Bhutan - SAARCFINANCE - Reserve Bank of India
Bhutan's Economy at a Glance
Updated as on 05, 2018
KEY CONOMIC INDICATORS OF BHUTAN | |||||||||||
Unit | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | |
I. Real Sector | |||||||||||
Per Capita GDP (Real) $ | US$ | 1366.4 | 1387.4 | 1875.54 | 1851.58 | 2277.76 | 2600.09 | 2584.81 | 2440.41 | 2611.74 | |
Real GDP Growth $ | % | 7.96 | 6.85 | 4.77 | 6.66 | 11.73 | 7.89 | 5.07 | 2.14 | 5.46 | 5.57(P) |
GDP (MP at Current Prices) $ | Billion US$ | 0.88 | 1.13 | 1.24 | 1.44 | 1.75 | 1.84 | 1.82 | 1.8 | 1.96 | 2.02(P) |
Agriculture | % of GDP | 9.8 | 9.13 | 9.25 | 9.12 | 8.96 | 9.49 | 15.96 | 16.1 | 16.77 | 15.62(P) |
Industry | % of GDP | 1084 | 1.94 | 2028 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.11 | 41.62 | 42.35 | 40.55 | 38.29(P) |
Services | % of GDP | 6.34 | 6.03 | 5.81 | 5.86 | 6.28 | 7.12 | 42.42 | 41.55 | 42.68 | 39.90(P) |
Investment | % of GDP | 51.22 | 47.95 | 41.39 | 43.03 | 61.7 | 67.65 | 67.87 | 45.96 | 57.75 | 54.59(P) |
National Savings | % of GDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.16 | 42.11 | 44.99 | 22.96 | 35.33 | 30.51(P) |
Headline Inflation | % | 6.17 | 5.94 | 2.96 | 6.14 | 8.33 | 13.53 | 5.51 | 8.55 | 5.15 | 3.53 |
- Food Inflation | % | 5.23 | 8.84 | 10.74 | 9.53 | 8.96 | 18.72 | 2.81 | 12.33 | 2.92 | 2.75 |
- Non-Food Inflation | % | 5.33 | 2.95 | 0.73 | 8.86 | 8.17 | 10.67 | 7.14 | 6.11 | 6.66 | 4.06 |
II. Fiscal Sector | |||||||||||
Revenue Collection (CSR) ** | Billion Rs. | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.4 | 0.39 | 0.27 | 0.39 | |
Fiscal Balance (excluding grants) | % of GDP | -18.67 | -14.05 | -10.02 | -16.36 | -16.78 | -20.16 | -14.17 | -9.43 | -11.68 | -14.74 |
Fiscal Balance (including grants) | % of GDP | -0.88 | 0.71 | 2 | 1.8 | -2.3 | -1.23 | -4.36 | 4.08 | -2.35 | -3.42 |
Public Debt | % of GDP | 43.53 | 31.55 | 29.46 | 29.2 | 32.52 | 35.49 | 41.61 | 36.13 | 33.94 | 134.63(P) |
- of which foreign currency*** | % of GDP | 43.53 | 31.55 | 29.04 | 28.39 | 31.83 | 34.2 | 35.1 | 35.8 | 31.5 | 108.63(P) |
- domestic debt **** | % of GDP | 0 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.8 | 0.69 | 1.29 | 6.51 | 0.33 | 2.44 | 0.26(P) |
- debt servicing | % of total Revenue | 43.95 | 11.03 | 26.94 | 28.64 | 26.41 | 44.74 | 88.21 | 46.64 | 34.29 | 6.71(Sept) |
III. External Sector | |||||||||||
Exports (f.o.b) | Billion US$ | 0.31 | 0.57 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.19 |
Imports (f.o.b) | Billion US$ | 0.435 | 0.53 | 0.61 | 0.84 | 1.12 | 1.01 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.97 | 0.24 |
Trade Deficit | Billion US$ | 0.12 | 0.47 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.46 | 0.4 | -0.35 | -0.38 | -0.41 | -0.05 |
Remittances | Billion US$ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Current Account Balance | Billion US$ | -0.04 | 0.08 | -0.01 | -0.32 | -0.52 | -0.39 | -0.45 | -0.48 | -0.15 | -0.08 |
Current Account Balance | % of GDP | -4.7 | 9.1 | -6.6 | -24.3 | -32.6 | -23 | -25 | -27.33 | -0.15 | -0.08 |
Total Foreign Investment | Million US$ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.09 | 2.6 | 5.03 | 3.18 | 3.52 | 6.26 | |
- Foreign Direct Investment | Million US$ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.09 | 2.6 | 5.03 | 3.18 | 3.52 | 6.26 | |
- Portfolio Investment | Million US$ | ||||||||||
External Debt and Forex Liabilities | Billion US$ | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.8 | 0.87 | 1.35 | 1.42 | 1.54 | 1.85 | 1.82 | 1.98 |
External Debt and Forex Liabilities | % of forex earnings | ||||||||||
Short-term debt to GDP | % | 7.16 | 7.35 | 10.92 | 12.99 | 15.81 | 9.58 | 6.68 | 5.86 | ||
External Debt Service Ratio | 7.91 | 3.68 | 30.51 | 29.75 | 30.96 | 55.8 | 167.71 | 21.02 | 16.02 | 12.99 | |
Exchange Rate | Per US$ | 44.74 | 44.19 | 47.78 | 46.65 | 45.33 | 50.27 | 62 | 63.33 | 63.76 | 64.97 |
Foreign Exchange Reserves | Billion US$ | 0.486 | 0.608 | 0.68 | 0.76 | 0.8 | 0.67 | 0.93 | 1.2 | 0.93 | 1.14 |
IV. Monetary & Capital Market | |||||||||||
Growth Rate of M1 | y-o-y | 14.4 | 26.8 | 27.7 | 22.7 | 34.3 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 5.05 | 4.97 | 2.62 |
Growth Rate of M2 | y-o-y | 11.37 | 8.62 | 24.57 | 30.09 | 21.21 | -1.02 | 3.53 | 6.62 | 7.82 | 3.79 |
Growth Rate of M3 | y-o-y | ||||||||||
Weighted Avg Lending Rate of SCBs | % (as on 31st March) | ||||||||||
Credit growth to private sector (%) | % | 35.86 | 34.4 | 28.9 | 40.73 | 29.4 | 30.07 | 7.07 | 6.44 | 14 | 12.42 |
Stock Market (Price Index) (BSE) | End 1991=100 | ||||||||||
Market Capitalization (as leading stock mkt) | Domestic Currency in Billion | 4.47 | 4.64 | 7.37 | 8.07 | 10.01 | 14.38 | 17.63 | 20.59 | 22 | 21.25 |
Market Capitalization (as leading stock mkt) | % of GDP | 12.4 | 11.4 | 13.47 | 13.18 | 13.81 | 16.8 | 18.19 | 17.7 | 21.08 | 17.78 |
Market Capitalization (as leading stock mkt) | Billion US$ | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.33 |
V. Banking Sector Indicators | |||||||||||
Capital adequacy ratio | % | 20.81 | 17.05 | 14.94 | 14.78 | 15.9 | 17.89 | 19.61 | 18.51 | 18.29 | 16.97 |
Non-performing loans | % | 6.57 | 4.92 | 7.53 | 6.83 | 5.2 | 3.92 | 6.57 | 6.33 | 10.21 | 11.86 |
Profitability (R.O.E.) | % | 15.02 | 18.37 | 17.08 | 22.54 | 15.72 | 16.1 | 13 | 13.06 | -0.05 | 3.78 |
Profitability (R.O.A.) | % | 1.42 | 1.58 | 1.5 | 1.86 | 1.58 | 2.24 | 2.4 | 2.27 | -0.27 | 0.66 |
$: The data from the year 2012-13 onwards is in new GDP series (with base 2011-12). | |||||||||||
$$: Domestic saving is a ratio to Gross National Disposable Income (GNDI) from 2012-13 onwards. | |||||||||||
*: Figures for 2002-03 to 2011-12 correspond to CPI-IW and thereafter CPI-Combined. Further, base 1982 =100 for 2002-03 to 2006-07 and base 2001=100 for 2007-08 to 2011-12 in case of CPI-IW; for CPI-Combined base 2012=100 for 2012-13 to 2015-16. | |||||||||||
**: Pertains to revenue receipts of the central government. | |||||||||||
@: pertains to revised estimates. | |||||||||||
***: External debt at historical exchange rate. | |||||||||||
****: Pertains to internal debt. | |||||||||||
^: Works out to 5.7 per cent, with the exclusion of pre-payment of US$ 381 million. | |||||||||||
#: Works out to 6.3 per cent, with the exclusion of India Millennium Deposits (IMDs) repayments of US$ 7.1 billion and pre-payment of US$ 23.5 million. | |||||||||||
P: Provisional Data | |||||||||||
@@ CRAR figures for 2013-14 and 2014-15 are as per the Basel III framework. | |||||||||||
Note: The inflation figure for 2015-16 is calculated using indices till February 2016 as CPI and WPI data is available till February 2016. |