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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 old

75.5years

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 old

9.9per 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 old

36per 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 old

19.6% 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 old

2.23% 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 old

1.73births 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 old

96.1% 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 old

94.8% 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 old

4.43% 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 old

32,235current 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 old

92,430international $

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 old

5.3% 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 old

3.58% 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 old

100.0% 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 old

96.3% 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 old

20.24t 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 old

466.3kpeople

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.