Brunei Darussalam's employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) was 36.83% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.1 percentage points from 36.94% in 2020.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 36.83% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 36.94% | 2020 |
| Highest | 38.82% | 2021 |
| Lowest | 30.13% | 2014 |
| Average since 2017 | 35.67% | 2017–2025 |
| First recorded | 30.13% | 2014 |
Over five years it is down 0.1 percentage points from 36.94% in 2020. Since 2014 it is up 6.71 percentage points from 30.13% in 2014. The World Bank has no value for 2 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.92 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.19 percentage points in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2017 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 29% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Brunei Darussalam had the 49th highest value of the 82 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Brunei Darussalam | 36.83% | 2025 |
| High income | 42.16% | 2025 |
Closest to Brunei Darussalam in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.
Limitations: Data on employment by status are drawn from labor force surveys and household surveys, supplemented by official estimates and censuses for a small group of countries. The labor force survey is the most comprehensive source for internationally comparable employment, but there are still some limitations for comparing data across countries and over time even within a country. Comparability of employment ratios across countries is affected by variations in definitions of employment and population. The biggest difference results from the age range used to define labor force activity. The population base for employment ratios can also vary.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 10 values
| Year | Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 36.83 |
| 2024 | 35.05 |
| 2023 | 36.38 |
| 2022 | 36.63 |
| 2021 | 38.82 |
| 2020 | 36.94 |
| 2019 | 37.3 |
| 2018 | 32.39 |
| 2017 | 30.71 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 |
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) in nearby economies
- Australia — 62.93% (2025)
- Cambodia — 64.99% (2025)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 24.9% (2025)
- Indonesia — 46.46% (2023)
- Japan — 48.34% (2025)
- Korea, Rep. — 19.35% (2025)
- Macao SAR, China — 44.44% (2016)
- Malaysia — 48.09% (2022)
- Mongolia
More social protection & labor data for Brunei Darussalam
- Net migration — 0 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 26.39% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 42.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 34.94% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 59.76% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 77.93% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Brunei Darussalam's employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate)?
- 36.83% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2014?
- It is up 6.71 percentage points from 30.13% in 2014. The highest value was 38.82% in 2021 and the lowest 30.13% in 2014.
- How does Brunei Darussalam rank?
- 49th highest of 82 economies with data for 2025.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.EMP.1524.SP.MA.NE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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