Bhutan vs Lower middle income: Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) over time
- Bhutan
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 83.3% against 35.7% in Lower middle income, a difference of 47.6%.
That makes Bhutan's figure about 2.3 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 46 years both countries report, Bhutan has been ahead every year.
Bhutan ranks 46th and Lower middle income ranks 43rd of 204 countries.
Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 61.3% | 25.9% | 35.3% | Bhutan |
| 1990s | 68.5% | 28.2% | 40.3% | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 73.2% | 36.3% | 36.9% | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 72.4% | 37.7% | 34.6% | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 71.0% | 34.2% | 36.9% | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise trade, Bhutan or Lower middle income?
- Bhutan, at 83.3% against 35.7% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in merchandise trade between Bhutan and Lower middle income?
- 47.6%, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Lower middle income?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Lower middle income rank globally for merchandise trade?
- Bhutan ranks 46th and Lower middle income ranks 43rd of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Trade Organization (WTO), published as Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-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. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. 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.