Services, value added in Bhutan
Bhutan: Services, value added was 53.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Bhutan, 1980–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Bhutan stood at 53.2%. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Bhutan peaked at 53.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 34.3%, in 1995.
Bhutan ranks 133rd of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 39.9% | 36.6% | 46.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 37.2% | 34.3% | 40.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.1% | 39.2% | 43.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.1% | 42.4% | 49.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.5% | 50.0% | 53.2% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Bhutan
- DEC alternative conversion factor 87.16 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 12.98 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 155.11 million current US$ (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 7.44 billion current LCU (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 88.97 million current US$ (2024)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -15.95 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -190.69 million current US$ (2024)
- GNI per capita 370,164 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 4,310 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 294.90 billion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Bhutan?
- Services, value added in Bhutan was 53.2% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 53.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.3% in 1995.
- How does Bhutan rank for services, value added?
- Bhutan ranks 133rd out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. 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.