Domestic credit provided by financial sector in Bhutan
Bhutan: Domestic credit provided by financial sector was 97.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Domestic credit provided by financial sector in Bhutan, 2003–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 97.4% for domestic credit provided by financial sector in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 70.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, domestic credit provided by financial sector in Bhutan peaked at 98.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 20.8%, in 2003.
That places Bhutan 16th out of 65 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Domestic credit provided by financial sector in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 20.8% | — |
| 2004 | 27.0% | +29.8% |
| 2005 | 24.2% | -10.2% |
| 2006 | 24.3% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 23.8% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 21.7% | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 40.2% | +85.0% |
| 2010 | 47.6% | +18.5% |
| 2011 | 52.0% | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 53.6% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 51.4% | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 50.5% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 57.2% | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 59.2% | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 66.1% | +11.7% |
| 2018 | 71.5% | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 68.4% | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 75.3% | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 89.6% | +19.0% |
| 2022 | 90.6% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 98.1% | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 93.4% | -4.8% |
| 2025 | 97.4% | +4.3% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 97.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 36.3%, 2.7× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Domestic credit provided by financial sector 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +85.0% | 21.7% | 40.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.0% | 20.8% | 40.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 57.8% | 47.6% | 71.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.8% | 75.3% | 98.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More financial sector data for Bhutan
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0017 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 7.82 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 5.71 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0017 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 7.82 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is domestic credit provided by financial sector in Bhutan?
- Domestic credit provided by financial sector in Bhutan was 97.4% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest domestic credit provided by financial sector recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 98.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest domestic credit provided by financial sector recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.8% in 2003.
- How does Bhutan rank for domestic credit provided by financial sector?
- Bhutan ranks 16th out of 65 countries with data for 2025.
- Is domestic credit provided by financial sector rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.3%. 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 Domestic credit provided by financial sector (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Domestic credit provided by the financial sector includes all credit to various sectors on a gross basis, with the exception of credit to the central government, which is net. The financial sector includes monetary authorities and deposit money banks, as well as other financial corporations where data are available (including corporations that do not accept transferable deposits but do incur such liabilities as time and savings deposits). Examples of other financial corporations are finance and leasing companies, money lenders, insurance corporations, pension funds, and foreign exchange companies. 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.