Services, value added (% of GDP) in Brunei
Brunei: Services, value added (% of GDP) was 40.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Brunei, 1974–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Brunei stood at 40.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Brunei peaked at 43.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 1980.
That places Brunei 190th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Services, value added (% of GDP) in Brunei, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 5.1% | — |
| 1975 | 6.0% | +17.4% |
| 1976 | 5.7% | -6.3% |
| 1977 | 6.8% | +19.5% |
| 1978 | 7.4% | +9.8% |
| 1979 | 5.7% | -23.6% |
| 1980 | 4.3% | -23.9% |
| 1981 | 5.9% | +36.7% |
| 1982 | 7.9% | +34.5% |
| 1983 | 9.0% | +13.8% |
| 1984 | 10.2% | +13.2% |
| 1985 | 11.2% | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 20.4% | +82.1% |
| 1987 | 19.5% | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 25.1% | +28.7% |
| 1989 | 26.2% | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 25.0% | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 27.2% | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 30.1% | +10.8% |
| 1993 | 32.9% | +9.5% |
| 1994 | 36.3% | +10.3% |
| 1995 | 34.0% | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 36.4% | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 33.6% | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 39.3% | +16.9% |
| 1999 | 36.6% | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 34.6% | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 38.0% | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 37.7% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 34.2% | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 30.5% | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 27.8% | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 26.2% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 27.8% | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 24.8% | -10.8% |
| 2009 | 33.6% | +35.7% |
| 2010 | 32.5% | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 27.4% | -15.8% |
| 2012 | 28.3% | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 31.2% | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 32.8% | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 39.4% | +20.1% |
| 2016 | 43.0% | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 40.9% | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 37.3% | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 38.2% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 41.5% | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 37.6% | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 32.5% | -13.6% |
| 2023 | 38.8% | +19.4% |
| 2024 | 39.0% | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 40.2% | +3.3% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 40.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 66.2%, 61% of the median. (77 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 40.2% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 60.2%, 67% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.1% | 5.1% | 7.4% | 6 |
| 1980s | 14.0% | 4.3% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 33.2% | 25.0% | 39.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.5% | 24.8% | 38.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.1% | 27.4% | 43.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.3% | 32.5% | 41.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
- 187 Sierra Leone 41.6% compare
- 188 Burkina Faso 41.5% compare
- 189 Central African Republic 41.4% compare
- 191 Liberia 40.0% compare
- 192 Guinea-Bissau 39.1% compare
- 193 Myanmar 38.5% 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 services, value added in Brunei?
- Services, value added in Brunei was 40.2% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 43.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 1980.
- How does Brunei rank for services, value added?
- Brunei ranks 190th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brunei data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. 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.