Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Brunei
Brunei: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) was 29,688 USD in 2024. ▼ Falling
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Brunei, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Brunei recorded 29,688 USD for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Brunei peaked at 71,425 USD in 1979 and was at its lowest, 28,549 USD, in 2022.
That places Brunei 46th out of 228 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Brunei, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 36,792 USD | — |
| 1971 | 39,652 USD | +7.8% |
| 1972 | 42,364 USD | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 44,788 USD | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 48,227 USD | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 46,742 USD | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 54,263 USD | +16.1% |
| 1977 | 58,169 USD | +7.2% |
| 1978 | 60,132 USD | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 71,425 USD | +18.8% |
| 1980 | 64,397 USD | -9.8% |
| 1981 | 50,052 USD | -22.3% |
| 1982 | 50,405 USD | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 49,031 USD | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 47,714 USD | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 45,444 USD | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 38,884 USD | -14.4% |
| 1987 | 37,776 USD | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 36,538 USD | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 36,268 USD | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 35,625 USD | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 35,723 USD | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 36,419 USD | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 35,589 USD | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 35,788 USD | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 36,479 USD | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 36,638 USD | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 35,263 USD | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 34,275 USD | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 34,544 USD | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 34,766 USD | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 34,979 USD | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 35,612 USD | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 35,955 USD | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 35,494 USD | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 35,035 USD | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 35,999 USD | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 35,450 USD | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 34,127 USD | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 32,901 USD | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 33,121 USD | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 33,754 USD | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 33,545 USD | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 32,381 USD | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 31,149 USD | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 30,625 USD | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 29,492 USD | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 29,525 USD | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 29,200 USD | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 29,996 USD | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 30,016 USD | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 29,256 USD | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 28,549 USD | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 28,725 USD | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 29,688 USD | +3.4% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 29,688 USD is below the median for high income countries, which is 30,358 USD, 98% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 29,688 USD is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,822 USD, 6.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 50,256 USD | 36,792 USD | 71,425 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,651 USD | 36,268 USD | 64,397 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,634 USD | 34,275 USD | 36,638 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,032 USD | 32,901 USD | 35,999 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,279 USD | 29,200 USD | 33,754 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,247 USD | 28,549 USD | 30,016 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
- 43 New Caledonia 30,358 USD compare
- 44 Spain 29,739 USD compare
- 45 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 29,697 USD compare
- 46 Brunei Darussalam 29,688 USD compare
- 48 Cook Islands 26,844 USD compare
- 49 Slovenia 26,140 USD compare
More economy & growth data for Brunei
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0464 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 1,496 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.0006 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0339 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 1,093 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0243 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 782.08 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Brunei?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Brunei was 29,688 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 71,425 USD in 1979.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,549 USD in 2022.
- How does Brunei rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Brunei ranks 46th out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brunei data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).