International Rankings of Brunei 2022, 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	37	16	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	130	71078	2020
Internet users - percent of population	7	95 %	2020
Internet users - total	156	415609	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	31	24	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	130	103885	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	123	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	165	526589	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	121	4.345 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	136	2.245 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	106	17.3 % of GDP	0
Exports	29	7.830 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	138	12.130 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	64	45.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	22	24.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	177	25 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	63	36.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	18	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	132	1.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	3	56.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	155	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	71	1.5 %	2017
Labor force	161	203600 US Dollars	2014
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	110	4.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	2	62.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	128	33 %	2008
Population below poverty line	151	N/A	0
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	136	27.230 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	7	62200 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	119	18.5 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	32	32.4	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	34	22.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	31	26.4	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	65	7.569 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	145	2.387 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	128	4.140 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	127	1.261 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	125	497.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	65	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	5	415.184 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	65	4.167 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	23	7.774 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	37	12.498 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - proven reserves	38	260.515 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	33	103100 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	37	1.100 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	140	18800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	42	107300 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	151	6948 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	98	10310 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	107	7.66 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	95	8.4 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	180	5.78 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	176	2.5	2018
Land use - arable land	143	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	11	71.8	2018
Land use - other	89	25.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	68	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	146	0.6	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	89	0.05 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	134	8.500 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	152	5.300 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - municipal	116	151.500 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	86	1.44	2025
Urbanization - urban population	42	79.1	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	162	5265 sq km	0
Area - total	162	5765 sq km	0
Area - water	82	500172 sq km	0
Coastline	124	161 km	0
Elevation - highest point	101	1850 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	69	478 meters	0
Irrigated land	144	10 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	137	266 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	176	2.5	2018
Land use - arable land	143	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	11	71.8	2018
Land use - other	89	25.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	68	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	146	0.6	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	87	16.14	7559
Age structure - 25-54 years	13	47.21	5291
Age structure - 55-64 years	107	8.34	9585
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	112	0.66 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	131	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	139	0.69 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	89	0.04 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	96	16.14 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	87	2.2 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	172	3.79 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	108	8.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	56	12.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	156	39.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	107	31.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	4	99.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	104	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	98	0.1 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	57	0.4 % of population	0
Education expenditures	40	4.4 % of GDP	2016
Hospital bed density	41	2.9 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	129	8.05 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	118	12.88 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	125	10.52 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	60	80.86 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	54	76.01 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	54	78.38 years	0
Literacy - female	42	93.4 %	2018
Literacy - male	18	98.1 %	0
Literacy - total population	22	97.2 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	90	31 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	80	31.8 years	2020
Median age - male	76	30.5 years	0
Median age - total	74	31.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	43	2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	90	14.1 %	2016
Physicians density	88	1.61 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	164	478054	2022
Population growth rate	58	1.45 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	93	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	113	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	115	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	93	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	14 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	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	23	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	32	0.89	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	27	0.94	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.74 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	87	2.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	61	30 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	75	16.2 %	2020
Total fertility rate	100	1.74 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	86	1.44	2025
Urbanization - urban population	42	79.1	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	32	32.4	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	34	22.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	31	26.4	0
Transportation
Airports	119	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	20	3	2021
Merchant marine - total	82	96	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	54	129.350 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	91	1.234 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	90	10	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	106	2559 km	2014
Roadways - total	127	2976 km	2014
Waterways	92	209 km	2012

*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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