Brunei
Inflation in Brunei
Inflation in Brunei: 1.2% a year in 1983 and -0.3% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- -0.3% a year
- Since 1983
- −1.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 173 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 1% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 1% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 6% a year in 1995, the lowest -2.3% a year in 2002.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Brunei |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.3 |
| 2024 | -0.4 |
| 2023 | 0.4 |
| 2022 | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 1.9 |
| 2019 | -0.3 |
| 2018 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | -1.3 |
| 2016 | -0.3 |
| 2015 | -0.5 |
| 2014 | -0.2 |
| 2013 | 0.4 |
| 2012 | 0.1 |
| 2011 | 0.1 |
| 2010 | 0.3 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2.1 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0.2 |
| 2005 | 1.2 |
| 2004 | 0.8 |
| 2003 | 0.3 |
| 2002 | -2.3 |
| 2001 | 0.6 |
| 2000 | 1.6 |
| 1999 | -0.4 |
| 1998 | -0.4 |
| 1997 | 1.7 |
| 1996 | 2 |
| 1995 | 6 |
| 1994 | 2.5 |
| 1993 | 4.3 |
| 1992 | 1.3 |
| 1991 | 1.6 |
| 1990 | 2.1 |
| 1989 | 1.3 |
| 1988 | 1.2 |
| 1987 | 1.2 |
| 1986 | 1.8 |
| 1985 | 2.1 |
| 1984 | 3.1 |
| 1983 | 1.2 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Brunei |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.8 |
| 2027 | 0.9 |
| 2028 | 1 |
| 2029 | 1 |
| 2030 | 1 |
| 2031 | 1 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 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