Brunei
Military share of state spending in Brunei
Military share of state spending in Brunei: 13.2% of government spending in 1988 and 12.2% of government spending in 2024, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 12.2% of government spending
- Since 1988
- −1.1 percentage points
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 15.2% of government spending in 1991, the lowest 6.8% of government spending in 2013.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Brunei |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.2 |
| 2023 | 10.1 |
| 2022 | 9.9 |
| 2021 | 11.1 |
| 2020 | 10.9 |
| 2019 | 9.5 |
| 2018 | 8.2 |
| 2017 | 7.8 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2015 | 8.5 |
| 2014 | 9.1 |
| 2013 | 6.8 |
| 2012 | 7 |
| 2011 | 7.5 |
| 2010 | 7.9 |
| 2009 | 8.4 |
| 2008 | 8.4 |
| 2007 | 8.1 |
| 2006 | 8.2 |
| 2005 | 8.1 |
| 2004 | 6.9 |
| 2003 | 10.8 |
| 2002 | 8.4 |
| 2001 | 9.9 |
| 2000 | 9.8 |
| 1999 | 10.1 |
| 1998 | 12.1 |
| 1997 | 13.4 |
| 1996 | 12.4 |
| 1995 | 9.1 |
| 1994 | 9.3 |
| 1993 | 11 |
| 1992 | 13.4 |
| 1991 | 15.2 |
| 1990 | 14.7 |
| 1989 | 12.5 |
| 1988 | 13.2 |
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
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- Military spending3.65% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollars$560M in 2024
- Military spending per person$1,216 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