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Brunei Darussalam
East Asia & Pacific · High income · capital Bandar Seri Begawan
Reports 18 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old75.5years
Ranks 102 of 217 in 2024
about the same world median · 3% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old9.9per 1,000 live births
Ranks 76 of 196 in 2024
34% below world median · 42% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old36per 100,000 live births
Ranks 86 of 194 in 2023
23% below world median · 56% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2009 · 17 years old19.6% of under-5s
Ranks 13 of 33 in 2009
23% below world median · 36% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 33 countries reporting in 2009 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old2.23% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
65% below world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.73births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
9% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2011 · 15 years old96.1% of adults 15+
Ranks 22 of 53 in 2011
about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 53 countries reporting in 2011 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old94.8% gross
Ranks 100 of 134 in 2024
5% below world median · 5% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2016 · 10 years old4.43% of GDP
Ranks 78 of 163 in 2016
4% above world median · 9% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 163 countries reporting in 2016 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old32,235current US$
Ranks 40 of 186 in 2025
3.1× above world median · 3.9× above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old92,430international $
Ranks 9 of 185 in 2025
3.6× above world median · 4.7× above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old5.3% of labour force
Ranks 96 of 182 in 2025
4% above world median · 73% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old-0.3% per year
Not ranked — no better end
1.1× below world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old3.58% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
1.3× above world median
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old96.3% of population
Ranks 18 of 182 in 2024
17% above world median · 14% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old20.24t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
6.9× above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old466.3kpeople
Not ranked — no better end
93% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Brunei Darussalam has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini), Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.