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	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	19	94.60 %	2018
Internet users - total	154	426234	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	81	18.94	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	138	86590	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	67	125.73	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	168	574799	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	123	4.345 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	138	2.245 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	110	17.30 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	40	2.021 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	49	63	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	50	70	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	12	95	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	117	59	2020
Exports	115	5.885 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	140	12.130 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	68	45.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	27	24.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	182	25.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	65	36.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	19	32.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	15	8.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	139	1.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	5	56.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	159	42.30 % of GDP	2017
Gross national saving	2	54	2019
Imports	150	2.998 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	72	1.50 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	88	0.20 %	2017
Labor force	165	203600 US Dollars	2014
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	117	4 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	2	63 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	137	33 %	2008
Public debt	178	2.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	143	26.906 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	102	1.30 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	16	62100 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	105	3.488 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	125	18.50 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	86	6.90 %	2017
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 - from fossil fuels	1	100	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 - 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 - imports	154	6948 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	100	10310 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	109	8 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	97	8 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	184	6 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	185	3	2018
Land use - arable land	150	1	2018
Land use - forest	11	72	2018
Land use - other	96	26	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	1	2018
Total renewable water resources	137	8.500 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	156	5.300 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	118	151.500 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	88	1.44	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	49	79	2021
Geography
Area - land	170	5265 sq km	N/A
Area - total	169	5765 sq km	N/A
Area - water	117	500 sq km	N/A
Coastline	134	161 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	100	1850 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	71	478 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	140	10 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	141	266 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	185	3	2018
Land use - arable land	150	1	2018
Land use - forest	11	72	2018
Land use - other	96	26	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	1	2018
Total renewable water resources	136	8.500 billion	2017
Population Density	118	89.48 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	17	3 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	92	16.14	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	14	47.21	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	116	8.34	N/A
Birth rate	97	16.30 births/1,000 population	2021
Current Health Expenditure	84	2 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	188	3.75 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	98	7.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	57	12.90 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	147	38.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	112	31.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	35	4 % of GDP	2016
Hospital bed density	40	2.90 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	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	130	10.79 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	62	81 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	56	76 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	60	78 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	91	31.00	2017
Median age - female	84	32 years	2020
Median age - male	78	31 years	N/A
Median age - total	79	31 years	N/A
Net migration rate	42	2.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	94	14.10 %	2016
Physicians density	87	1.61 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	168	471103	2021
Population growth rate	61	1.48 %	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1.00	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	35	0.90	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.98	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	16	0.95 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	108	1.75 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	52	26	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	53	19	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	51	21	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	88	1.44	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	49	79	2021
Transportation
Airports	121	1	2020
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Heliports	23	3	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	55	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	10.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Roadways - paved	106	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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