Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Bhutan
Bhutan: Net investment in nonfinancial assets was 8.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Bhutan, 1983–2020
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net investment in nonfinancial assets in Bhutan is 8.6%, measured in 2020.
The figure is up 38.0% on the previous year and down 29.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net investment in nonfinancial assets in Bhutan peaked at 32.3% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 6.2%, in 2019.
That places Bhutan 9th out of 156 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 37 years of available data.
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 29.5% | — |
| 1984 | 24.3% | -17.6% |
| 1985 | 32.3% | +33.1% |
| 1986 | 26.3% | -18.5% |
| 1988 | 20.4% | -22.5% |
| 1989 | 14.2% | -30.3% |
| 1990 | 12.8% | -10.2% |
| 1991 | 11.2% | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 13.8% | +22.4% |
| 1993 | 13.4% | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 14.0% | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 16.9% | +20.8% |
| 1996 | 13.5% | -19.7% |
| 1997 | 15.3% | +13.0% |
| 1998 | 12.3% | -19.6% |
| 1999 | 22.9% | +86.0% |
| 2000 | 21.6% | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 26.1% | +20.6% |
| 2002 | 18.1% | -30.6% |
| 2003 | 14.8% | -18.2% |
| 2004 | 13.0% | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 9.6% | -25.6% |
| 2006 | 11.9% | +22.9% |
| 2007 | 11.1% | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 11.7% | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 9.4% | -19.4% |
| 2010 | 12.2% | +29.9% |
| 2011 | 11.5% | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 13.8% | +19.7% |
| 2013 | 12.9% | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 8.2% | -36.4% |
| 2015 | 8.0% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 10.2% | +27.3% |
| 2017 | 11.7% | +14.9% |
| 2018 | 12.4% | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 6.2% | -49.9% |
| 2020 | 8.6% | +38.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.5% | 14.2% | 32.3% | 6 |
| 1990s | 14.6% | 11.2% | 22.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.7% | 9.4% | 26.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.7% | 6.2% | 13.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.6% | 8.6% | 8.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More public sector data for Bhutan
- Arms imports 4.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 5.16 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 4.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 104.88 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
- Tax revenue 12.3% (2020)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 245.49 (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 19.9% (2020)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP 94.12 (2019)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Purchasing power 8.39 (2019)
- Taxes on goods and services 17.9% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net investment in nonfinancial assets in Bhutan?
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Bhutan was 8.6% in 2020, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 32.3% in 1985.
- What is the lowest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 2019.
- How does Bhutan rank for net investment in nonfinancial assets?
- Bhutan ranks 9th out of 156 countries with data for 2020.
- Is net investment in nonfinancial assets rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 37 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Net investment in government nonfinancial assets includes fixed assets, inventories, valuables, and nonproduced assets. Nonfinancial assets are stores of value and provide benefits either through their use in the production of goods and services or in the form of property income and holding gains. Net investment in nonfinancial assets also includes consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.