Liquid liabilities to GDP in Bhutan
Bhutan: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 100.9% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Bhutan, 1983–2020
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, liquid liabilities to gdp in Bhutan stood at 100.9%. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.2% on the previous year and up 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Bhutan peaked at 100.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 17.6%, in 1987.
Bhutan ranks 45th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 20.5% | 17.6% | 23.0% | 7 |
| 1990s | 33.4% | 21.4% | 49.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.4% | 49.1% | 74.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.7% | 57.9% | 75.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.9% | 100.9% | 100.9% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Bhutan
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 72.3% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 6.61 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 244.31 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 116.48 billion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 72.3% (2025)
- Broad money 83.3% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 6.8% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 72.3% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 87.16 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 455 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Bhutan?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Bhutan was 100.9% in 2020, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 100.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.6% in 1987.
- How does Bhutan rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Bhutan ranks 45th out of 184 countries with data for 2020.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.