Bhutan: Other expense (% of expense)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Bhutan's other expense (% of expense) rose 0.64 percentage points on 2019 (from 22.23% to 22.87%).

Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2019), the average change was +0.73 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.33 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 21.02 percentage points in 1996 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.55 percentage points in 1997. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.77 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 85% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Bhutan in the 2020 ranking

• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 1st of 8: 32.57%
• Marshall Islands — 3rd of 8: 21.27%
• Palau — 4th of 8: 20.7%
• Mali — 5th of 8: 14.1%

What this measures

Other expense is spending on dividends, rent, and other miscellaneous expenses, including provision for consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.

Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 31 values

Other expense (% of expense) in nearby economies

• Bangladesh — 6.77% (2021)
• India — 15.7% (2022)
• Nepal — 0.27% (2021)
• Sri Lanka — 4.65% (2023)

More public sector data for Bhutan

• Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) — 11.71 billion (2020)
• Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP) — 6.43% (2020)
• Grants and other revenue (current LCU) — 32.2 billion (2020)
• Taxes on goods and services (current LCU) — 9.84 billion (2020)
• Taxes on goods and services (% of industry and services value added) — 6.61% (2020)
• Customs and other import duties (current LCU) — 468 million (2020)
• Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) — 2.09% (2020)
• Taxes on international trade (current LCU) — 1.58 billion (2020)
• Tax revenue (current LCU) — 22.37 billion (2020)

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Questions people ask

What is Bhutan's other expense (% of expense)?

22.87% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 21.89 percentage points from 0.98% in 1990. The highest value was 24.77% in 1996 and the lowest 0.98% in 1990.

Is the latest change in other expense (% of expense) unusual for Bhutan?

In 2020, Bhutan's other expense (% of expense) rose 0.64 percentage points on 2019 (from 22.23% to 22.87%). Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2019), the average change was +0.73 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.33 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.XPN.OTHR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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