Bhutan vs South Asia: Services, value added
Services, value added over time
- Bhutan
- South Asia
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 12.4% against 8.3% in South Asia, a difference of 4.1%.
That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.5 times South Asia's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1981 it was South Asia ahead.
Bhutan ranks 4th and South Asia ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | South Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.2% | 6.4% | 1.7% | Bhutan |
| 1990s | 9.0% | 6.9% | 2.1% | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 8.7% | 7.0% | 1.7% | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 7.5% | 0.6% | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 5.7% | 5.6% | 0.1% | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher services, value added, Bhutan or South Asia?
- Bhutan, at 12.4% against 8.3% in South Asia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in services, value added between Bhutan and South Asia?
- 4.1%, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and South Asia?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and South Asia rank globally for services, value added?
- Bhutan ranks 4th and South Asia ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as Services, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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 denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.