Bhutan vs Lower middle income: Manufactures imports
Manufactures imports over time
- Bhutan
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 70.4% against 51.4% in Lower middle income, a difference of 19.0%.
That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.4 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 47th and Lower middle income ranks 44th of 196 countries.
Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.3% | 57.4% | 9.9% | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 56.7% | 55.3% | 1.4% | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 59.9% | 55.4% | 4.6% | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 60.4% | 53.5% | 6.9% | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufactures imports, Bhutan or Lower middle income?
- Bhutan, at 70.4% against 51.4% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in manufactures imports between Bhutan and Lower middle income?
- 19.0%, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Lower middle income?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2023.
- How do Bhutan and Lower middle income rank globally for manufactures imports?
- Bhutan ranks 47th and Lower middle income ranks 44th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.