International Rankings of Brunei 2023, 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	38	16	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	135	71078	2020
Internet users - percent of population	3	98 %	2021
Internet users - total	168	441000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	34	25	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	131	112298	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	28	136	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	169	603486	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	136	3.189 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	164	1.058 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	110	17.3 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	47	1.570 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	205	0 US Dollars	2014
Exports	102	11.202 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	141	12.130 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	70	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	184	25 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	66	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	166	42.3 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	118	9.219 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	174	4.17 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	143	1.73 %	2021
Labor force	176	219800 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	119	4.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	2	62.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	142	33 %	2008
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	192	2.8 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	144	26.779 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	182	1.59 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	16	60100 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	110	3.997 billion US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	99	18.5 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	94	7.65 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	57	27.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	59	20.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	55	23.4	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	66	7.569 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	149	2.387 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	131	4.140 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	130	1.261 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	128	497.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	5	415.184 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	66	4.167 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	23	7.774 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	88	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	34	103100 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	37	1.100 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	142	18800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	44	107300 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	160	6948 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	102	10310 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	110	7.66 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	97	8.4 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	187	5.78 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	190	2.5	2018
Land use - arable land	154	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	12	71.8	2018
Land use - other	99	25.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	156	0.6	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	93	0.05 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	140	8.500 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	129	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	99	150.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	89	1.44	2025
Urbanization - urban population	47	79.1	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	174	5265 sq km	0
Area - total	174	5765 sq km	0
Area - water	85	500172 sq km	0
Coastline	141	161 km	0
Elevation - highest point	115	1850 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	72	478 meters	0
Irrigated land	151	10 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	145	266 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	190	2.5	2018
Land use - arable land	154	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	12	71.8	2018
Land use - other	99	25.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	156	0.6	2018
Military
Military expenditures	18	3.1 % of GDP	2021
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	115	0.66 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	135	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	143	0.69 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	92	0.04 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	100	15.98 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	90	2.4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	95	54.3 %	2023
Death rate	192	3.85 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	118	8.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	56	12.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	167	39.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	117	31.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	4	99.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	109	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	101	0.1 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	60	0.4 % of population	0
Education expenditures	42	4.4 % of GDP	2016
Gross reproduction rate	84	0.85 %	2023
Hospital bed density	42	2.9 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	138	7.86 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	124	12.55 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	134	10.26 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	69	81.08 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	59	76.26 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	60	78.61 years	0
Literacy - female	25	96.9 %	2021
Literacy - male	16	98.3 %	0
Literacy - total population	21	97.6 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	87	44 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	87	31.8 years	2020
Median age - male	83	30.5 years	0
Median age - total	82	31.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	46	2.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	95	14.1 %	2016
Physicians density	89	1.61 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	174	484991	2023
Population growth rate	59	1.43 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	122	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	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	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	31	0.92 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	18	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	91	2.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	64	30 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	79	16.2 %	2020
Total fertility rate	108	1.74 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	89	1.44	2025
Urbanization - urban population	47	79.1	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	57	27.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	59	20.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	55	23.4	0
Transportation
Airports	122	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	23	3	2021
Merchant marine - total	88	98	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	56	129.350 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	94	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	110	2559 km	2014
Roadways - total	144	2976 km	2014
Waterways	96	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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