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Brunei

Headline economic indicators for Brunei, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Brunei
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · -0.3% +0.09 (+22.0%)
Consumer price index · 106.0 -0.32 (-0.3%)
GDP deflator inflation · -4.7% -1.89 (-66.6%)

GDP

GDP — Brunei
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 0.7% -3.38 (-83.5%)
GDP per capita · 32,234.64 -918.83 (-2.8%)
GDP · 15,031,980,994.11 -308,827,598 (-2.0%)
GDP, PPP · 43,102,847,517 +1,453,380,628 (+3.5%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 92,430 +2,420 (+2.7%)
GDP per capita growth · -0.1% -3.31 (-103.4%)
GNI per capita · 34,790 -1,230 (-3.4%)
Agriculture to GDP · 1.2% +0.01 (+0.6%)
Industry to GDP · 60.0% -1.67 (-2.7%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 9.9% -0.72 (-6.8%)
Services to GDP · 40.2% +1.29 (+3.3%)
Household consumption to GDP · 29.3% +0.55 (+1.9%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 27.1% -0.77 (-2.8%)
Gross savings to GDP · 45.3% -2.32 (-4.9%)

Labour

Labour — Brunei
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 5.3% +0.10 (+1.9%)
Labour force participation rate · 64.2% -0.27 (-0.4%)
Female labour force participation rate · 54.4% -0.27 (-0.5%)
Youth unemployment rate · 18.2% +0.36 (+2.0%)
Employment to population ratio · 60.8% -0.32 (-0.5%)
Employment in agriculture · 1.2% -0.04 (-2.9%)
Employment in industry · 20.4% -0.06 (-0.3%)
Employment in services · 78.4% +0.10 (+0.1%)

Money

Money — Brunei
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 10.7% +2.16 (+25.1%)
Broad money to GDP · 89.1% +5.46 (+6.5%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 40.1% +2.44 (+6.5%)
Lending rate · 5.5% +0.00 (+0.0%)
Bank deposit rate · 0.3% -0.07 (-19.1%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 2.8% -0.30 (-9.5%)
Official exchange rate · 1.31 -0.03 (-2.1%)

Trade

Trade — Brunei
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · 18.0% +3.48 (+23.9%)
Exports to GDP · 71.6% -2.70 (-3.6%)
Imports to GDP · 52.0% -6.28 (-10.8%)
Trade to GDP · 123.6% -8.98 (-6.8%)
Exports of goods and services · 10,758,583,397.05 -635,148,943 (-5.6%)
Imports of goods and services · 7,822,316,769.66 -1,123,936,205 (-12.6%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · 2,938,152,114.5 +565,753,590 (+23.8%)
Current account balance (annual) · 2,707,498,210.12 +477,843,580 (+21.4%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 0.4% +0.22 (+117.0%)
Total reserves, including gold · 5,488,659,508.7 +1,074,351,692 (+24.3%)
Reserves in months of imports · 7.9 +2.40 (+43.6%)

Government

Government — Brunei
Indicator Value Change
Government consumption to GDP · 23.8% +1.16 (+5.1%)
Education spending to GDP · 4.4% +1.07 (+32.0%)
Health spending to GDP · 2.2% +0.46 (+25.9%)

Demography

Demography — Brunei
Indicator Value Change
Population · 466,330 +3,609 (+0.8%)
Population growth · 0.8% -0.04 (-5.1%)
Life expectancy · 75.5 +0.17 (+0.2%)
Fertility rate · 1.73 -0.02 (-0.9%)
Birth rate · 13.3 -0.26 (-1.9%)
Death rate · 5.3 +0.10 (+2.0%)
Urban population share · 75.0% +0.11 (+0.2%)
Population aged 65 and over · 7.2% +0.37 (+5.4%)
Under-five mortality rate · 9.9 -0.20 (-2.0%)
Population density · 87.8 +0.72 (+0.8%)
Net migration · 0 +0.00

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