Brunei
Military spending in Brunei
Military spending in Brunei: 2.57% of GDP in 1984 and 3.65% of GDP in 2024, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 3.65% of GDP
- Since 1984
- +1.08 percentage points
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 7.53% of GDP in 1998, the lowest 2.16% of GDP in 2012.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Brunei |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.65 |
| 2023 | 2.98 |
| 2022 | 2.61 |
| 2021 | 3.24 |
| 2020 | 3.63 |
| 2019 | 3.08 |
| 2018 | 2.64 |
| 2017 | 2.87 |
| 2016 | 3.54 |
| 2015 | 3.28 |
| 2014 | 3.09 |
| 2013 | 2.28 |
| 2012 | 2.16 |
| 2011 | 2.24 |
| 2010 | 2.85 |
| 2009 | 2.94 |
| 2008 | 2.26 |
| 2007 | 2.38 |
| 2006 | 2.3 |
| 2005 | 2.35 |
| 2004 | 2.53 |
| 2003 | 3.71 |
| 2002 | 3.87 |
| 2001 | 3.89 |
| 2000 | 4.07 |
| 1999 | 6.13 |
| 1998 | 7.53 |
| 1997 | 7.18 |
| 1996 | 6.25 |
| 1995 | 5.48 |
| 1994 | 5.98 |
| 1993 | 5.74 |
| 1992 | 6.25 |
| 1991 | 6.4 |
| 1990 | 6.44 |
| 1989 | 6.21 |
| 1988 | 6.63 |
| 1987 | 3.79 |
| 1986 | 4.67 |
| 1985 | 2.89 |
| 1984 | 2.57 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 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