International Rankings of Brunei 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Brunei, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Brunei, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	98	11.85	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	135	54195	0
Internet users - percent of population	19	94.6 %	2018
Internet users - total	154	426234	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	81	18.94	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	138	86590	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	67	125.73	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	168	574799	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	123	4.345 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	138	2.245 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	110	17.3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	49	62.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	50	70.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	12	94.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	117	58.7	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	140	12.130 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	68	45.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	27	24.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	182	25 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	65	36.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	19	32.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	15	8.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	139	1.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	5	56.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	159	42.3 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	72	1.5 %	2017
Labor force	165	203600 US Dollars	2014
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	117	4.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	2	62.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	137	33 %	2008
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	142	26.906 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	9	62100 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	125	18.5 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	106	10.040 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	33	127400	2015
Crude oil - imports	82	160	2015
Crude oil - production	42	100000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	37	1.100 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	129	3.771 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	1	100	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	133	821000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	125	4.014 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	65	3.936 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	24	8.268 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	39	12.740 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	39	260.500 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	123	18000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	154	6948 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	100	10310 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	109	7.66 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	97	8.4 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	184	5.78 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	185	2.5	2018
Land use - arable land	150	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	11	71.8	2018
Land use - other	96	25.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	0.6	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	90	0.05 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	137	8.500 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	156	5.300 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	118	151.500 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	88	1.44	2025
Urbanization - urban population	49	78.6	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	170	5265 sq km	0
Area - total	169	5765 sq km	0
Area - water	84	500172 sq km	0
Coastline	133	161 km	0
Elevation - highest point	102	1850 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	71	478 meters	0
Irrigated land	141	10 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	140	266 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	185	2.5	2018
Land use - arable land	150	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	11	71.8	2018
Land use - other	96	25.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	0.6	2018
Total renewable water resources	136	8.500 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	92	16.14 %	7559
Age structure - 25-54 years	14	47.21 %	5291
Age structure - 55-64 years	116	8.34 %	9585
Birth rate	97	16.3 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	84	2.4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	188	3.75 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	98	7.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	57	12.9 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	147	38.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	112	31 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	35	4.4 % of GDP	2016
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	40	2.9 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	134	8.25 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	120	13.21 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	130	10.79 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	62	80.63 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	56	75.75 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	60	78.14 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	91	31	2017
Median age - female	84	31.8 years	2020
Median age - male	78	30.5 years	0
Median age - total	79	31.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	42	2.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	94	14.1 %	2016
Physicians density	87	1.61 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	168	471103	2021
Population growth rate	61	1.48 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	106	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	108	N/A % of population	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	35	0.9	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	16	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	108	1.75 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	52	25.8	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	53	19	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	51	21.4	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	88	1.44	2025
Urbanization - urban population	49	78.6	2021
Transportation
Airports	121	1	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	96	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	23	3	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	63	129.350 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	93	1.234 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	92	10	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	107	2559 km	2014
Roadways - total	129	2976 km	2014
Waterways	83	209 km	12

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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