Brunei

GDP growth in Brunei

GDP growth in Brunei: -2.7% a year in 1986 and 1% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
1% a year
Since 1986
+3.7 percentage points
Rank, 2025
123 of 143
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
4.1% a year
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

% a year · IMF

GDP growth in BruneiGDP growth in Brunei: -2.7% a year in 1986 and 1% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 4.1% a year in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 4.1% a year in 2031.
  • The highest was 11% a year in 2000, the lowest -3.9% a year in 2008.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBrunei
20251
20244.1
20231.1
2022-1.6
2021-1.6
20201.1
20193.9
20180.1
20171.3
2016-2.5
2015-0.4
2014-2.5
2013-2.1
20120.9
20113.7
20102.7
2009-1.9
2008-3.9
2007-3.8
20064.1
2005-0
20040.1
20033.6
20024
20011.5
200011
19993.1
1998-0.6
1997-1.5
19962.9
19954.5
19943.1
19930.3
19924.8
19913.1
19901.1
1989-1.1
19881.1
19872
1986-2.7
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBrunei
20261.9
20271.3
20282.7
20292.2
20306.6
20314.1

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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