GDP: Purchasing Power Parity

$3.875 billion (2010 est.)
$3.63 billion (2009 est.)
$3.34 billion (2008 est.)

GDP - real growth rate

6.7% (2010 est.)
8.7% (2009 est.)
3% (2008 est.)

GDP - per capita

$5,500 (2010 est.)
$5,300 (2009 est.)
$4,900 (2008 est.)

GDP - Composition by sector

Agriculture: 17.6%
Industry: 45%
Services: 37.4% (2009)

GDP (official exchange rate)

$1.412 billion (2010 est.)

Labor force

299,900
Note: major shortage of skilled labor (2008)

Labor force - by occupation

Agriculture: 43.7%
Industry: 39.1%
Services: 17.2% (2004 est.)

Unemployment rate

4% (2009)
2.5% (2004)

Population below poverty line

23.2% (2008)

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Lowest 10%: 2.3%
Highest 10%: 37.6% (2003)

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

4.3% (2008 est.)

Investment (gross fixed)

Public debt

57.8% of GDP (2009)
81.4% of GDP (2004)

Central bank discount rate

NA%

Commercial bank prime lending rate

NA%

Stock of narrow money

$335 million (31 December 2008)
$381.1 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of broad money

$647.6 million (31 December 2008)

Stock of domestic credit

$169.9 million (31 December 2007)

Market value of publicly traded shares

$NA

Electricity - production

1.48 billion kWh (2009 est.)

Electricity - consumption

184 million kWh (2009 est.)

Electricity - exports

1.296 billion kWh (2009 est.)

Electricity - imports

0 kWh (2009 est.)

Oil - production

0 bbl/day (2009 est.)

Oil - consumption

1,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)

Oil - exports

0 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil - imports

1,250 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil - proved reserves

0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)

Natural gas - production

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural gas - consumption

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural gas - exports

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural gas - imports

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves

0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.)

Current account balance

$164 million (2008 est.)
$116 million (2007 est.)

Industries

Cement, Wood products, Processed fruits, Alcoholic Beverages, Calcium carbide, Tourism

Industrial production growth rate

NA%

Agriculture- products

Rice, Corn, Root crops, Citrus, Food grains; Dairy products, Eggs

Exports

$513 million (2008)
$350 million (2006)

Exports-commodities

Electricity (to India), Ferrosilicon, Cement, Calcium carbide, Copper wire, Manganese, Vegetable Oil

Exports-partners

Bhutan's main export partner is India, accounting for 58.6 percent of its export goods. Hong Kong (30.1 percent) and Bangladesh (7.3 percent) are the other two top export partners. 

Imports

$533 million (2008)
$320 million (2006)

Imports-commodities

Fuel and lubricants, Passenger cars, Machinery and parts, Fabrics, Rice

Imports-partners

Bhutan's import partners include India (74.5 percent), Japan (7.4 percent) and Sweden (3.2 percent).

Debt - external

$836 million (2009)
$713.3 million (2006)

Exchange rates

Ngultrum (BTN) per US dollar -
46.6 (2009)
41.487 (2007)
45.279 (2006)
44.101 (2005)
45.317 (2004)

Telephones-Main lines in use

26,300 (2009)

Telephones - mobile cellular

327,100 (2009)

Telephone system

General assessment: urban towns and district headquarters have telecommunications services
Domestic: low teledensity; domestic service is poor especially in rural areas; mobile-cellular service available since 2003
International: country code - 975; international telephone and telegraph service via landline and microwave relay through India; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (2009)

Broadcast Media 

State-owned TV station established in 1999; cable TV service offers dozens of Indian and other international channels; first radio station, privately launched in 1973, is now state-owned; 1 private radio station began operations in 2006 (2007)

Internet Country Code

.bt

Internet Hosts 

9,147 (2010)

Internet Users

Airports

2 (2010)

Airports-with paved runways

Total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2010)

Airports-with unpaved runways

Total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2010)

Railways

Roadways

Total: 8,050 km
Paved: 4,991 km
Unpaved: 3,059 km (2003)

Disputes-International 

Lacking any treaty describing the boundary, Bhutan and China continue negotiations to establish a common boundary alignment to resolve territorial disputes arising from substantial cartographic discrepancies, the largest of which lie in Bhutan's northwest and along the Chumbi salient; Bhutan protests Chinese road construction and other activities on Bhutanese soil; Chinese border soldiers frequently intrude deep into Bhutanese territory; Bhutan cooperates with India to expel Indian Nagaland separatists

International organization participation

ADB, BIMSTEC, CP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, NAM, OPCW, SAARC, SACEP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)