Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Bhutan
Bhutan: Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value was 4,971 1000 USD in 2008. ◆ Volatile
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Bhutan, 1990–2008
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 USD.
Analysis
In 2008, soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Bhutan stood at 4,971 1000 USD. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 575.4% on the previous year and up 19,784.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Bhutan peaked at 4,971 1000 USD in 2008 and was at its lowest, 10 1000 USD, in 1994.
Bhutan ranks 73rd of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | 1000 USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 40 1000 USD | — |
| 1991 | 50 1000 USD | +25.0% |
| 1992 | 60 1000 USD | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 15 1000 USD | -75.0% |
| 1994 | 10 1000 USD | -33.3% |
| 1995 | 12 1000 USD | +20.0% |
| 1996 | 15 1000 USD | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 20 1000 USD | +33.3% |
| 1998 | 25 1000 USD | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 33 1000 USD | +32.0% |
| 2000 | 260 1000 USD | +687.9% |
| 2001 | 488 1000 USD | +87.7% |
| 2002 | 715 1000 USD | +46.5% |
| 2003 | 942 1000 USD | +31.7% |
| 2004 | 1,169 1000 USD | +24.1% |
| 2005 | 592 1000 USD | -49.4% |
| 2006 | 880 1000 USD | +48.6% |
| 2007 | 736 1000 USD | -16.4% |
| 2008 | 4,971 1000 USD | +575.4% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 4,971 1000 USD is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,598 1000 USD, 3.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 4,971 1000 USD is above the median for South Asia, which is 3,536 1000 USD, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Bhutan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +687.9% | 33 1000 USD | 260 1000 USD |
| 2008 | +575.4% | 736 1000 USD | 4,971 1000 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28 1000 USD | 10 1000 USD | 60 1000 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,195 1000 USD | 260 1000 USD | 4,971 1000 USD | 9 |
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More environment data for Bhutan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2782 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.5977 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.08 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -5.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Bhutan?
- Soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Bhutan was 4,971 1000 USD in 2008, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 4,971 1000 USD in 2008.
- What is the lowest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 1000 USD in 1994.
- How does Bhutan rank for soil working equipment (trade) — import value?
- Bhutan ranks 73rd out of 192 countries with data for 2008.
- Is soil working equipment (trade) — import value rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19,784.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Important notice: FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery is no longer active. The latest online version of the database has as reference year 2009 (with data collected in year 2011). FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery provides statistical series on Agricultural Machinery and Equipment statistical series referring to the following items: tractors, harvesters and threshers, irrigation pumps, milking machines, hand tools, and soil machines. The database includes estimates of agriculture machinery in use and value of import and export of agriculture machinery.