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Brunei Darussalam — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Brunei Darussalam, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.28%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +12.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Brunei Darussalam was 5.28% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 9.32% in 2017. The lowest was 4.70% in 1991 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.34% per year.
Brunei Darussalam ranks 92 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 49%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.05%, so Brunei Darussalam sits above it. It peaked in 2017 and has fallen 43% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 31%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.28%
First (1991)
4.70%
Change
+12.3%
Highest
9.32%
in 2017
Lowest
4.70%
in 1991
Average
6.06%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.34%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.28% |
| 2024 | 5.18% |
| 2023 | 5.3% |
| 2022 | 5.19% |
| 2021 | 4.91% |
| 2020 | 7.41% |
| 2019 | 6.6% |
| 2018 | 8.7% |
| 2017 | 9.32% |
| 2016 | 8.54% |
| 2015 | 7.7% |
| 2014 | 6.86% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. 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.