Brunei Darussalam's GDP (constant LCU) was 19.81 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 6.51% from 18.6 billion in 2015 (0.63% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 19.81 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 19.32 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 18.6 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 25.05 billion | 1979 |
| Lowest | 14.16 billion | 1975 |
| Average since 2016 | 18.94 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 14.26 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Brunei Darussalam's GDP (constant LCU) rose 0.7% on 2024 (from 19.68 billion to 19.81 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.7% and a typical year strayed about 3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 24.3% in 1979 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.4% in 1981. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 152.86 million a year. A straight line explains 69% of the movement over 10 observed years.
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 155th highest value of the 186 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.
Closest to Brunei Darussalam in the 2025 ranking
- Seychelles — 152nd of 186: 28.69 billion
- Lesotho — 153rd of 186: 22.22 billion
- Malta — 154th of 186: 20.4 billion
- Venezuela, RB — 156th of 186: 16.99 billion
- Suriname — 157th of 186: 15.99 billion
- Bahrain — 158th of 186: 15.71 billion
What this measures
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 52 values
| Year | GDP (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 19,807,130,571 |
| 2024 | 19,675,391,596 |
| 2023 | 18,909,097,200 |
| 2022 | 18,698,247,500 |
| 2021 | 19,007,756,800 |
| 2020 | 19,315,012,800 |
| 2019 | 19,098,517,100 |
| 2018 | 18,387,147,000 |
| 2017 | 18,377,522,500 |
| 2016 | 18,136,537,500 |
| 2015 |
GDP (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 645 million (2022)
- Australia — 2.72 trillion (2025)
- Cambodia — 160.14 trillion (2025)
- China — 134.57 trillion (2025)
- Fiji — 12.59 billion (2025)
- French Polynesia — 571.89 billion (2024)
- Guam — 5.42 billion (2022)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 3.17 trillion (2025)
- Indonesia — 13,580.5 trillion (2025)
- Japan — 591.22 trillion (2025)
- Kiribati — 395 million (2025)
- Korea, Rep. — 2,315.29 trillion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Brunei Darussalam
- GDP (current US$) — US$15.03 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 19.66 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$32,235 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 42,150 (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$61.81 million (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 0.41% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$177.58 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 232.21 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$)
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Questions people ask
- What is Brunei Darussalam's GDP (constant LCU)?
- 19.81 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1974?
- It is up 38.93% from 14.26 billion in 1974 (0.65% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 25.05 billion in 1979 and the lowest 14.16 billion in 1975.
- How does Brunei Darussalam rank?
- 155th highest of 186 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in GDP (constant LCU) unusual for Brunei Darussalam?
- In 2025, Brunei Darussalam's GDP (constant LCU) rose 0.7% on 2024 (from 19.68 billion to 19.81 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.7% and a typical year strayed about 3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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