ECONDEX

Economic and development data for every country, explained with the numbers checked.

Brunei Darussalam

East Asia & Pacific. High income. Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan. Population 466,330 (2025).

Key trends

GDP per person (PPP) (constant international $)
76,961 91,431 105,900 1995 2025 78,985
GDP growth (%)
−6.4 −0.2 6.1 1995 2025 0.7
Inflation, consumer prices (% annual)
−2.1 1.8 5.8 1995 2025 −0.3
Life expectancy at birth (years)
72.9 74.2 75.4 1995 2024 75.5

Indicators

Each country reports for different years, so check the year beside every figure. Rank 1 is the highest value among countries with recent data.

Economy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
GDP per person (PPP)constant international $ 78,985 2025 −1,296 −2,925 11 of 199
GDP growth% 0.7% 2025 −0.5 pp +1.1 pp 181 of 209
GDP per person growth% −0.1% 2025 −0.2 pp +1.6 pp 177 of 209
GNI per person (Atlas method)current US$ 34,790 2025 +3,980 −3,390 44 of 201
Trade% of GDP 123.6% 2025 +13.3 pp +33.7 pp 40 of 183
Foreign direct investment, net inflows% of GDP 0.4% 2025 −4.3 pp −0.9 pp 162 of 195

Prices and jobs

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Inflation, consumer prices% annual −0.3% 2025 −2.2 pp +0.1 pp 172 of 180
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate)% of labour force 5.3% 2025 −2.1 pp −2.4 pp 91 of 186

People and health

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Populationpeople 466,330 2025 +18,926 +44,118 173 of 217
Population growth% annual 0.8% 2025 −0.3 pp −0.5 pp 116 of 217
Urban population% of total 75.0% 2025 +0.2 pp +0.1 pp 74 of 217
Life expectancy at birthyears 75.5 2024 +0.5 +0.6 102 of 217
Infant mortalityper 1,000 live births 8.6 2024 −0.4 −0.3 121 of 196
Health spending% of GDP 2.2% 2023 −0.2 pp +0.3 pp 191 of 193

Education

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Adult literacy rate% of people aged 15+ 96.1% 2011 * – +3.4 pp –
Government spending on education% of GDP 4.4% 2016 * +1.1 pp – –

Access and infrastructure

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Internet users% of population 96.3% 2024 +1.3 pp +27.5 pp 18 of 185
Access to electricity% of population 100.0% 2024 0.0 pp 0.0 pp 18 of 215

Environment and energy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Renewable energy% of final energy consumption 0.0% 2021 0.0 pp 0.0 pp 208 of 212

* Latest figure is too old to be included in rankings or peer medians.

Advanced metrics

Indicator Own history Versus peers (latest) Growth and catch-up
10-yr meanZ-score Income group medianRegion medianVolatility (σ) 10-yr CAGR% of high-income median10 yrs earlier
GDP per person (PPP) 78,866 +0.1 49,305 13,961 1,683 −0.4% 160% 183%
GDP growth 0.5% +0.1 2.2% 3.6% 2.2 – – –
GDP per person growth −0.5% +0.2 1.7% 3.4% 2.2 – – –
GNI per person (Atlas method) 32,240 +0.8 37,020 7,690 3,072 −0.9% 97% 140%
Trade 113.9% +0.4 100.6% 98.8% 25.0 – – –
Foreign direct investment, net inflows 1.5% −0.5 2.1% 2.1% 2.3 – – –
Inflation, consumer prices 0.6% −0.6 2.3% 2.1% 1.4 – – –
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate) 6.9% −1.0 5.1% 3.0% 1.7 – – –
Population 443,920 +1.6 2,930,494 1,418,517 13,684 +1.0% 16% 16%
Population growth 1.0% −1.4 0.4% 0.6% 0.2 – – –
Urban population 74.8% +2.9 81.3% 65.4% 0.1 – – –
Life expectancy at birth 74.8 +1.1 81.3 73.0 0.7 – – –
Infant mortality 8.9 −2.1 3.6 13.9 0.2 – – –
Health spending 2.2% +0.1 8.0% 5.9% 0.3 – – –
Internet users 90.7% +0.5 93.5% 84.6% 11.2 – – –
Access to electricity 100.0% – 100.0% 100.0% 0.0 – – –
Renewable energy 0.0% – 11.4% 11.4% 0.0 – – –

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