Brunei Brunei

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Brunei, is a country located at South-Eastern Asia, it has an area of 5,770 Km2 so it is one of the smallest countries in the world.

Brunei, with a population of 430,000 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a moderate population density, 75 people per km2.

It's capital is Bandar Seri Begawan and its currency is Brunei dollars

Brunei is holding the 135 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2021 was 297 millions of euros (352 millions of dollars), ( 2.51% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €692 euros per inhabitant$819 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Brunei, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.829 points in 2021, leaving it in 51th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Brunei are business, you must know it's in the 66th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Brunei, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Bandar Seri Begawan: Monthly Temp.
Bandar Seri Begawan: Monthly Rainfall
Brunei Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2021€11,834M
Annual GDP [+]2021$14,006M
GDP per capita [+]2021€27,522
GDP per capita [+]2021$32,573
Debt (M.€.) [+]2021297
Debt ($M) [+]2021352
Debt (%GDP) [+]20212.51%
Debt Per Capita [+]2021€692
Debt Per Capita [+]2021$819
Deficit (M.€) [+]2021-949
Deficit ($M) [+]2021-1,123
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2021-8.02%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20213,448.0
Expenditure ($M) [+]20214,080.8
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2016455.9
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2016504.5
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201611.44%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017241.7
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017272.9
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20176.15%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2021386.1
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2021456.9
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202110.50%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202129.14%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021€8,019
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021$9,490
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2016€1,093
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2016$1,209
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€564
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$637
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021€898
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021$1,063
Corruption Index [+]202060
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201956º
Fragile States Index [+]201859.8
Innovation Ranking [+]201867º
Labour
Unemployed [+]2015Q410K
Human Capital Ranking [+]201758º
Markets
Euro / Brunei dollars [+]03/22/20231.4417
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/24/20231.3280
Business
Doing Business [+]202066º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 201910,949
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 201925.22
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015730.33
Taxes
Top tax rate + SSC [+]20200%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2019333,244
Exports [+]2021€9,355.3M
Exports [+]2021$11,064.5M
Exports % GDP [+]202179.05%
Imports [+]2021€7,002.3M
Imports [+]2021$8,281.6M
Imports % GDP [+]202159.17%
Trade balance [+]2021€2,353.0M
Trade balance [+]2021$2,782.9M
Trade balance % GDP [+]202119.88%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202175
% Immigrant [+]201924.05%
% Emigrant [+]201910.21%
Birth Rate [+]202014.17‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017782.2
Crude death rate [+]20204.98‰
Fertility Rate [+]20201.80
Population [+]2021430,000
Immigrant stock [+]2019110,641
Emigrant stock [+]201946,977
HDI [+]20210.829
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2022104º
Life expectancy [+]202074.80
Suicides [+]20155
Suicide rate [+]20151.32
Number of homicides [+]20132
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20130.49
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]202116.05
Annual crude oil production [+]202198
Crude Oil Reserves [+]20211,100.0
Consumption GWh [+]20214,246
Generation GWh [+]20214,685
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/21/2023150
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/21/2023280,790
Fully vaccinated [+]03/10/2023446,551
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/21/2023348.84
Doses administered [+]03/10/20231,291,223