Real interest rate in Bhutan
Bhutan: Real interest rate was 8.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Real interest rate in Bhutan, 1982–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 8.3% for real interest rate in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 48.6% on the previous year and down 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, real interest rate in Bhutan peaked at 13.7% in 1987 and was at its lowest, -0.5%, in 2000.
That places Bhutan 35th out of 148 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.1% | 0.0% | 13.7% | 8 |
| 1990s | 6.4% | 2.7% | 9.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.1% | -0.5% | 11.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 4.7% | 12.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 5.6% | 8.3% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Bhutan
- Domestic credit to private sector 72.3% (2025)
- Net domestic credit 244.31 billion current LCU (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 6.61 (2024)
- Net foreign assets 116.48 billion current LCU (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 72.3% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 6.8% (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 72.3% (2025)
- Broad money 83.3% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 87.16 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 455 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is real interest rate in Bhutan?
- Real interest rate in Bhutan was 8.3% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest real interest rate recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 13.7% in 1987.
- What is the lowest real interest rate recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.5% in 2000.
- How does Bhutan rank for real interest rate?
- Bhutan ranks 35th out of 148 countries with data for 2025.
- Is real interest rate rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Real interest rate (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An interest rate is the amount charged, expressed as a percentage of the principal over a period of time, by the owners of certain kinds of financial assets for putting the financial assets at the disposal of another institutional unit. The real interest rate is the lending interest rate adjusted for inflation as measured by the GDP deflator. The terms and conditions attached to lending rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. This indicator is expressed as a percentage (a÷b)*100.