Economy of Bhutan - Other Statistics

Other Statistics

Industrial production growth rate: 9.3% (1996 est.)

Electricity:

• production: 2 TWh (2005)
• consumption: 380 GWh (2005)
• exports: 1.5 TWh (2005) (exports electricity to India)
• imports: 20 GWh (2005)

Electricity - production by source:

• fossil fuel: 0.39%
• hydro: 99.61%
• nuclear: 0%
• other: 0% (1998)

Oil:

• production: 0 barrels per day (0 m3/d) (2005)
• consumption: 1,200 barrels per day (190 m3/d) (2005 est.)
• exports: 0 barrels per day (0 m3/d) (2004)
• imports: 1,138 barrels per day (180.9 m3/d) (2004)

Agriculture - products: rice, corn, root crops, citrus, foodgrains, dairy products, eggs

Currency: 1 ngultrum (BTN) = 100 chetrum; Indian rupee (INR)

Historic exchange rates:

	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	1999
Ngultrum per US$1	45.279	44.101	45.317	46.583	48.61	47.186	43.055