Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Brunei
Brunei: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 33,491 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Brunei, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Brunei is 33,491 USD, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Brunei peaked at 46,969 USD in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,664 USD, in 1970.
Brunei ranks 45th of 228 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Brunei, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,664 USD | — |
| 1971 | 1,799 USD | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 2,392 USD | +33.0% |
| 1973 | 3,691 USD | +54.3% |
| 1974 | 8,833 USD | +139.3% |
| 1975 | 9,283 USD | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 10,924 USD | +17.7% |
| 1977 | 12,856 USD | +17.7% |
| 1978 | 13,944 USD | +8.5% |
| 1979 | 19,518 USD | +40.0% |
| 1980 | 33,262 USD | +70.4% |
| 1981 | 28,565 USD | -14.1% |
| 1982 | 27,027 USD | -5.4% |
| 1983 | 23,585 USD | -12.7% |
| 1984 | 22,446 USD | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 20,215 USD | -9.9% |
| 1986 | 11,914 USD | -41.1% |
| 1987 | 13,255 USD | +11.3% |
| 1988 | 12,243 USD | -7.6% |
| 1989 | 13,336 USD | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 15,279 USD | +14.6% |
| 1991 | 15,618 USD | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 17,183 USD | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 16,426 USD | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 15,942 USD | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 18,013 USD | +13.0% |
| 1996 | 19,003 USD | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 18,858 USD | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 14,365 USD | -23.8% |
| 1999 | 15,956 USD | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 20,371 USD | +27.7% |
| 2001 | 18,618 USD | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 19,038 USD | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 20,961 USD | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 24,717 USD | +17.9% |
| 2005 | 29,426 USD | +19.1% |
| 2006 | 34,854 USD | +18.4% |
| 2007 | 36,591 USD | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 42,216 USD | +15.4% |
| 2009 | 30,893 USD | -26.8% |
| 2010 | 34,938 USD | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 46,383 USD | +32.8% |
| 2012 | 46,969 USD | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 44,003 USD | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 41,026 USD | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 30,625 USD | -25.4% |
| 2016 | 26,663 USD | -12.9% |
| 2017 | 28,024 USD | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 30,988 USD | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 30,427 USD | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 26,834 USD | -11.8% |
| 2021 | 31,007 USD | +15.5% |
| 2022 | 36,633 USD | +18.1% |
| 2023 | 32,963 USD | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 33,491 USD | +1.6% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 33,491 USD is below the median for high income countries, which is 35,958 USD, 93% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 33,491 USD is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6,462 USD, 5.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Brunei changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +139.3% | 3,691 USD | 8,833 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8,491 USD | 1,664 USD | 19,518 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,585 USD | 11,914 USD | 33,262 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,664 USD | 14,365 USD | 19,003 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,768 USD | 18,618 USD | 42,216 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,005 USD | 26,663 USD | 46,969 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,186 USD | 26,834 USD | 36,633 USD | 5 |
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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 in Brunei?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Brunei was 33,491 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 46,969 USD in 2012.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,664 USD in 1970.
- How does Brunei rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Brunei ranks 45th out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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. 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).