Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Bhutan
Bhutan: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0255 million SLC per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Bhutan, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per person.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 0.0255 million SLC per person for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 116.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Bhutan peaked at 0.0255 million SLC per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 million SLC per person, in 1970.
Bhutan ranks 76th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +11.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +17.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | -4.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +13.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | -27.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +129.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +6.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +30.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +12.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0003 million SLC per person | +39.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0004 million SLC per person | +9.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +54.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +18.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | +17.7% |
| 1992 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +22.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +15.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0014 million SLC per person | +21.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0018 million SLC per person | +32.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0022 million SLC per person | +24.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0023 million SLC per person | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0024 million SLC per person | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0026 million SLC per person | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0026 million SLC per person | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.003 million SLC per person | +13.5% |
| 2002 | 0.003 million SLC per person | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0032 million SLC per person | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0034 million SLC per person | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0038 million SLC per person | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0045 million SLC per person | +18.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0058 million SLC per person | +28.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0065 million SLC per person | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 0.007 million SLC per person | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0088 million SLC per person | +24.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0097 million SLC per person | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0117 million SLC per person | +21.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0118 million SLC per person | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0129 million SLC per person | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0139 million SLC per person | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0144 million SLC per person | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0155 million SLC per person | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0203 million SLC per person | +31.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0154 million SLC per person | -24.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0117 million SLC per person | -24.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0191 million SLC per person | +63.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0255 million SLC per person | +33.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0255 million SLC per person | +0.2% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 0.0255 million SLC per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0213 million SLC per person, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 0.0255 million SLC per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.026 million SLC per person, 98% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Bhutan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +129.0% | 0.0001 million SLC per person | 0.0002 million SLC per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0001 million SLC per person | 0.0001 million SLC per person | 0.0001 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0003 million SLC per person | 0.0001 million SLC per person | 0.0006 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0016 million SLC per person | 0.0007 million SLC per person | 0.0026 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0043 million SLC per person | 0.0026 million SLC per person | 0.007 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0134 million SLC per person | 0.0088 million SLC per person | 0.0203 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0204 million SLC per person | 0.0117 million SLC per person | 0.0255 million SLC per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More economy & growth data for Bhutan
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.11 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 2.82 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -72.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 3.56 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 26.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3328 includes gold, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per capita 1,495 includes gold, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), annual growth rate 24.21 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Bhutan?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Bhutan was 0.0255 million SLC per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0255 million SLC per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 million SLC per person in 1970.
- How does Bhutan rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Bhutan ranks 76th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 116.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.