| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $2.7 billion (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
7.7% (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $1,300 (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 45%
industry: 10%
services: 45% (2002 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
3% (2002 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 93%, industry and commerce 2%, services 5% |
| Budget : |
revenues: $146 million
expenditures: $152 million, including capital expenditures of NA
note: the government of India finances nearly three-fifths of Bhutan's budget expenditures (FY95/96 est.) |
| Industries : |
cement, wood products, processed fruits, alcoholic beverages, calcium carbide |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
9.3% (1996 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
1.896 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 0.1%
hydro: 99.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
379.5 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
1.4 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
16 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
rice, corn, root crops, citrus, foodgrains; dairy products, eggs |
| Exports : |
$154 million f.o.b. (2000 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
electricity (to India), cardamom, gypsum, timber, handicrafts, cement, fruit, precious stones, spices |
| Exports - Partners : |
Bangladesh 61.4%, US 11.9%, Malaysia 5.8% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$196 million c.i.f. (2000 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
fuel and lubricants, grain, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics, rice |
| Imports - Partners : |
Japan 38.9%, Austria 15.1%, Sweden 8.8%, China 7.9%, Bangladesh 6.4%, Germany 5.9%, Italy 4.3%, US 4.1% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$245 million (2000) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
substantial aid from India and other nations |
| Currency : |
ngultrum (BTN); Indian rupee (INR) |
| Currency Code : |
BTN; INR |
| Exchange Rates : |
ngultrum per US dollar - 46.5806 (2003), 48.6103 (2002), 47.1864 (2001), 44.9416 (2000), 43.0554 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 July - 30 June |
