Current account balance in Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam: Current account balance was 18.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Current account balance in Brunei Darussalam, 2001–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Brunei Darussalam recorded 18.0% for current account balance in 2025.
The figure is up 23.9% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current account balance in Brunei Darussalam peaked at 43.6% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2020.
That places Brunei Darussalam 6th out of 200 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Current account balance in Brunei Darussalam, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 32.0% | — |
| 2002 | 27.7% | -13.4% |
| 2003 | 34.7% | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 33.4% | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 38.2% | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 41.4% | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 35.9% | -13.1% |
| 2008 | 43.6% | +21.2% |
| 2009 | 33.4% | -23.4% |
| 2010 | 36.6% | +9.6% |
| 2011 | 34.7% | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 29.8% | -14.0% |
| 2013 | 20.9% | -30.0% |
| 2014 | 30.7% | +47.1% |
| 2015 | 16.7% | -45.7% |
| 2016 | 12.9% | -22.7% |
| 2017 | 16.4% | +26.9% |
| 2018 | 6.9% | -57.7% |
| 2019 | 6.6% | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | -35.5% |
| 2021 | 11.1% | +160.3% |
| 2022 | 19.5% | +75.2% |
| 2023 | 12.9% | -34.0% |
| 2024 | 14.5% | +12.9% |
| 2025 | 18.0% | +23.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.6% | 27.7% | 43.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 21.2% | 6.6% | 36.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.4% | 4.3% | 19.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brunei Darussalam
- 3 Kuwait 22.7% compare
- 4 San Marino 22.0% compare
- 5 Marshall Islands 21.9% compare
- 7 Ireland 17.4% compare
- 8 Tajikistan 17.1% compare
- 9 Singapore 16.7% compare
More economy & growth data for Brunei Darussalam
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate -7.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.9359 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per capita 30,167 current LCU per person (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate -4.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.6119 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per capita 19,725 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate -4.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2691 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), per capita 8,676 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.3519 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current account balance in Brunei Darussalam?
- Current account balance in Brunei Darussalam was 18.0% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest current account balance recorded in Brunei Darussalam?
- The highest recorded value was 43.6% in 2008.
- What is the lowest current account balance recorded in Brunei Darussalam?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2020.
- How does Brunei Darussalam rank for current account balance?
- Brunei Darussalam ranks 6th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is current account balance rising or falling in Brunei Darussalam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brunei Darussalam data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Current account balance (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.