Brunei Darussalam's general government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) was 4.37 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.98% from 4.45 billion in 2015 (0.2% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.37 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 4.19 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.45 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 4.63 billion | 2019 |
| Lowest | 2.11 billion | 1989 |
| Average since 2016 | 4.41 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 2.11 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Brunei Darussalam's general government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) fell 0.8% on 2024 (from 4.4 billion to 4.37 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +2.1% and a typical year strayed about 5.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 15.8% in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.6% in 2020. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 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 122nd highest value of the 130 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
- Latvia — 118th of 130: 6.96 billion
- Estonia — 119th of 130: 6.16 billion
- Cyprus — 120th of 130: 5.1 billion
- El Salvador — 122nd of 130: 4.28 billion
- Sierra Leone — 123rd of 130: 3.94 billion
- Malta — 124th of 130: 3.43 billion
What this measures
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. 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 37 values
| Year | General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,366,197,675 |
| 2024 | 4,399,208,500 |
| 2023 | 4,478,363,300 |
| 2022 | 4,589,630,600 |
| 2021 | 4,295,020,700 |
| 2020 | 4,186,884,400 |
| 2019 | 4,629,073,400 |
| 2018 | 4,547,318,900 |
| 2017 | 4,476,057,600 |
| 2016 | 4,167,343,900 |
General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Australia — 622.17 billion (2025)
- Cambodia — 9.78 trillion (2025)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 405.91 billion (2025)
- Indonesia — 981.99 trillion (2025)
- Japan — 120.92 trillion (2024)
- Kiribati — 173.52 million (2024)
- Korea, Rep. — 411.92 trillion (2025)
- Lao PDR — 15.22 trillion (2016)
- Macao SAR, China
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$177.58 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 232.21 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Brunei Darussalam's general government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU)?
- 4.37 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1989?
- It is up 106.98% from 2.11 billion in 1989 (2.04% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4.63 billion in 2019 and the lowest 2.11 billion in 1989.
- How does Brunei Darussalam rank?
- 122nd highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in general government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) unusual for Brunei Darussalam?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.GOVT.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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