Economy - overview	Brunei has a small well-to-do economy that depends on revenue from natural resource extraction but encompasses a mixture of foreign and domestic entrepreneurship, government regulation, welfare measures, and village tradition. Crude oil and natural gas production account for 60% of GDP and more than 90% of exports. Per capita GDP is among the highest in Asia, and substantial income from overseas investment supplements income from domestic production. For Bruneian citizens the government provides for all medical services and free education through the university level. The government of Brunei has been emphasizing through policy and resource investments it strong desire to diversity its economy both within the oil and gas sector and to new sectors.
GDP (purchasing power parity)	$22.25 billion (2013 est.) $21.93 billion (2012 est.) $21.73 billion (2011 est.) note: data are in 2013 US dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)	$16.56 billion (2013 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	1.4% (2013 est.) 0.9% (2012 est.) 3.4% (2011 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$54,800 (2013 est.) $54,900 (2012 est.) $55,200 (2011 est.) note: data are in 2013 US dollars
GDP - composition, by end use	household consumption: 22.1% government consumption: 18.2% investment in fixed capital: 14.6% investment in inventories: 0% exports of goods and services: 78.4% imports of goods and services: -33.3% (2013 est.)
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 0.7% industry: 70.9% services: 28.4% (2013 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA%
Labor force

Labor force - by occupation agriculture: 4.2% industry: 62.8% services: 33% (2008 est.) Unemployment rate 2.6% (2011) 2.7% (2010) Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% Budget revenues: $6.992 billion expenditures: $5.366 billion (2013 est.) Taxes and other revenues 42.2% of GDP (2013 est.) Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 9.8% of GDP (2013 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices) 1% (2013 est.) 0.5% (2012 est.) Commercial bank prime lending rate 5.5% (31 December 2013 est.) 5.5% (31 December 2012 est.) Stock of narrow money $3.472 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $3.509 billion (31 December 2012 est.) Stock of broad money $11.92 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $11.41 billion (31 December 2012 est.) Stock of domestic credit $2.846 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $2.351 billion (31 December 2012 est.) Market value of publicly traded shares $NA Agriculture - products rice, vegetables, fruits; chickens, water buffalo, cattle, goats, eggs Industries petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction, agriculture, transportation Industrial production growth rate 1.5% (2013 est.) Current Account Balance $3.977 billion (2009 est.) Exports $12.75 billion (2011) $9.88 billion (2010) Exports - commodities crude oil, natural gas, garments Exports - partners Japan 45.7%, South Korea 15.1%, Australia 9.1%, NZ 6.6%, India 5.8%, Vietnam 4.7% (2012) Imports $3.02 billion (2011 est.) $2.73 billion (2010 est.) Imports - commodities iron and steel, motor vehicles, machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals Imports - partners Singapore 26.3%, China 21.3%, UK 21.3%, Malaysia 11.8% (2012) Debt - external $0 (2005) Exchange rates Bruneian dollars (BND) per US dollar - 1.23 (2013 est.) 1.2496 (2012 est.) 1.3635 (2010 est.) 1.45 (2009) Fiscal year 1 April - 31 March