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Economy overview | Brunei has a small well-to-do economy that encompasses a mixture of foreign and domestic entrepreneurship, government regulation, welfare measures, and village tradition. Crude oil and natural gas production account for just over half of GDP and more than 90% of exports. Per capita GDP is among the highest in Asia, and substantial income from overseas investment supplements income from domestic production. The government provides for all medical services and free education through the university level and subsidizes rice and housing. Bruneis leaders are concerned that steadily increased integration in the world economy will undermine internal social cohesion. Plans for the future include upgrading the labor force, reducing unemployment, strengthening the banking and tourist sectors, and, in general, further widening the economic base beyond oil and gas. |
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Gdp purchasing power parity | $9.557 billion (2006 est.) |
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Gdp official exchange rate | $9.531 billion (2005 est.) |
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Gdp real growth rate | 0.4% (2005 est.) |
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Gdp per capita ppp | $25,600 (2005 est.) |
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Gdp composition by sector | agriculture: 0.9%
industry: 71.6%
services: 27.5% (2005 est.) |
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Labor force | 180,400 (2006 est.) |
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Labor force by occupation | agriculture: 2.9%
industry: 61.1%
services: 36% (2003 est.) |
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Unemployment rate | 4% (2006) |
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Population below poverty line | NA% |
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Household income or consumption by percentage share | lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA% |
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Inflation rate consumer prices | 1.1% (2005) |
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Budget | revenues: $3.765 billion
expenditures: $4.815 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2004 est.) |
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Agriculture products | rice, vegetables, fruits; chickens, water buffalo, cattle, goats, eggs |
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Industries | petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction |
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Industrial production growth rate | 1.8% (2005 est.) |
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Electricity production | 2.913 billion kWh (2005) |
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Electricity consumption | 2.726 billion kWh (2005 est.) |
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Electricity exports | 0 kWh (2005) |
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Electricity imports | 0 kWh (2005) |
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Oil production | 219,300 bbl/day (2006) |
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Oil consumption | 14,900 bbl/day (2006 est.) |
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Oil exports | 205,600 bbl/day (2006) |
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Oil imports | 660.1 bbl/day (2004) |
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Oil proved reserves | 1.35 billion bbl (1 January 2005) |
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Natural gas production | 11.5 billion cu m (2004 est.) |
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Natural gas consumption | 2 billion cu m (2004 est.) |
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Natural gas exports | 9.5 billion cu m (2004 est.) |
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Natural gas imports | 0 cu m (2004 est.) |
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Natural gas proved reserves | 390.8 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) |
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Exports | $6.247 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.) |
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Exports commodities | crude oil, natural gas, refined products, clothing |
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Exports partners | Japan 31.2%, Indonesia 20.3%, South Korea 13.3%, Australia 11.7%, US 7.9% (2006) |
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Imports | $1.481 billion c.i.f. (2005 est.) |
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Imports commodities | machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals |
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Imports partners | Singapore 30.7%, Malaysia 18.4%, UK 7.8%, Japan 5.4%, China 5.3%, Thailand 4.4%, South Korea 4.1% (2006) |
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Debt external | $0 (2005) |
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Economic aid recipient | $NA |
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Currency code | Bruneian dollar (BND) |
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Exchange rates | Bruneian dollars per US dollar - 1.5886 (2006), 1.6644 (2005), 1.6902 (2004), 1.7422 (2003), 1.7906 (2002) |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007