Bhutan — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Bhutan, 1981–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.56%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · -64.4% since 1981
Inflation for Bhutan was 3.56% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 45 years, from 1981 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 18.06% in 1983. The lowest was 1.88% in 1985 (about 1.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.32% per year.
Bhutan ranks 78 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 42%. The median for South Asia is 3.56%, so Bhutan sits level with it. It peaked in 1983 and has fallen 80% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 22%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.56%
First (1981)
9.97%
Change
-64.4%
Highest
18.06%
in 1983
Lowest
1.88%
in 1985
Average
7.03%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.32%
Years of data
45
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.56% |
| 2024 | 2.76% |
| 2023 | 4.23% |
| 2022 | 5.64% |
| 2021 | 7.35% |
| 2020 | 5.63% |
| 2019 | 2.73% |
| 2018 | 2.72% |
| 2017 | 4.96% |
| 2016 | 3.22% |
| 2015 | 4.55% |
| 2014 | 8.27% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.