Brunei
Government debt in Brunei
Government debt in Brunei: 0.6% of GDP in 2006 and 1.6% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.6% of GDP
- Since 2006
- +1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 149 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 1.3% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 1.3% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 3.2% of GDP in 2014, the lowest 0.6% of GDP in 2006.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Brunei |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 1.7 |
| 2022 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 1.4 |
| 2020 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 2.6 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3.2 |
| 2013 | 2.2 |
| 2012 | 2.1 |
| 2011 | 2.1 |
| 2010 | 1.1 |
| 2009 | 1.1 |
| 2008 | 0.9 |
| 2007 | 0.7 |
| 2006 | 0.6 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Brunei |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.3 |
| 2027 | 1.4 |
| 2028 | 1.4 |
| 2029 | 1.4 |
| 2030 | 1.3 |
| 2031 | 1.3 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Military
- Military spending3.65% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollars$560M in 2024
- Military spending per person$1,216 in 2024
- Military share of state spending12.2% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnel8,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.57% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports28 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports12 million TIV in 2016