Brunei Darussalam — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Brunei Darussalam, 1965–2025.
GDP for Brunei Darussalam was 15.03 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 61 years, from 1965 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 19.05 billion in 2012. The lowest was 114.04 million in 1965 (about 131.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 8.48% per year.
Brunei Darussalam ranks 148 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 70%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 18.30 billion, so Brunei Darussalam sits below it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 21% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 16%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 19 of 36 economies; New Caledonia (8.55 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 436% in 1974. That is 9% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1965 level: doubled by 1972; grown tenfold by 1974. Doubling roughly every 8.5 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 109th of 121 in 1965 → 122nd of 146 in 1970 → 61st of 163 in 1980 → 95th of 192 in 1990 → 109th of 204 in 2000 → 120th of 212 in 2010 → 138th of 210 in 2020 → 141st of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1965 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15,031,980,994.11 | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 15,340,808,592.48 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 15,095,084,656.16 | -9.5% |
| 2022 | 16,681,536,466.72 | +19.1% |
| 2021 | 14,006,496,617.45 | +16.7% |
| 2020 | 12,005,799,653.98 | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 13,469,235,364.7 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 13,566,908,391.09 | +11.9% |
| 2017 | 12,128,168,045.12 | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 11,400,266,044.67 | -11.8% |
| 2015 | 12,930,296,870.12 | -24.4% |
| 2014 | 17,097,797,386.03 | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 18,094,148,098.65 | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 19,048,443,340.77 | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 18,524,791,062.66 | +35.1% |
| 2010 | 13,707,121,038.44 | +15.1% |
| 2009 | 11,912,904,509.86 | -25.2% |
| 2008 | 15,926,456,515 | +18.6% |
| 2007 | 13,432,029,484.4 | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 12,644,616,418.69 | +19.9% |
| 2005 | 10,547,202,620.53 | +22.4% |
| 2004 | 8,619,178,773.51 | +20.2% |
| 2003 | 7,167,725,261.93 | +13.2% |
| 2002 | 6,333,082,875.57 | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 6,096,155,767.38 | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 6,570,999,087.57 | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 6,309,070,377.6 | +13.7% |
| 1998 | 5,550,846,019.54 | -28.8% |
| 1997 | 7,793,034,376.21 | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 7,663,377,306.05 | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 7,700,144,069.14 | +19.1% |
| 1994 | 6,467,782,517.72 | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 6,203,339,912.15 | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 6,327,966,435.17 | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 6,284,497,293.86 | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 6,039,881,086.68 | +21.2% |
| 1989 | 4,983,622,881 | +9.9% |
| 1988 | 4,535,130,304.71 | -7.8% |
| 1987 | 4,918,010,080.03 | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 4,190,280,002.67 | -39.9% |
| 1985 | 6,967,623,884.42 | -8.7% |
| 1984 | 7,632,788,075.16 | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 7,927,590,750.4 | -11.2% |
| 1982 | 8,932,198,185.73 | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 9,367,218,664.31 | -13.2% |
| 1980 | 10,795,432,293.61 | +78.6% |
| 1979 | 6,044,367,628.29 | +47.4% |
| 1978 | 4,100,423,673.59 | +11.4% |
| 1977 | 3,681,242,528.32 | +20.5% |
| 1976 | 3,054,765,590.29 | +22.4% |
| 1975 | 2,496,420,257.54 | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 2,319,576,214.21 | +435.6% |
| 1973 | 433,095,526.69 | +59.9% |
| 1972 | 270,822,782.03 | +37.1% |
| 1971 | 197,525,767.79 | +10.3% |
| 1970 | 179,078,929.32 | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 161,210,236.44 | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 160,818,235.87 | +15.7% |
| 1967 | 139,029,537.24 | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 132,757,528.04 | +16.4% |
| 1965 | 114,039,500.59 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Brunei Darussalam’s GDP in 1966?
132,757,528.04 (1966). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Brunei Darussalam’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Brunei Darussalam’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1965 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +13081.4% in total — about 8.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 15,031,980,994.11; 2024: 15,340,808,592.48; 2023: 15,095,084,656.16; 2022: 16,681,536,466.72; 2021: 14,006,496,617.45. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.