Brunei Darussalam: International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 74.15% from US$147 million in 2015 (23.71% a year on average, compounded). Since 2001 it is down 75.48% from US$155 million in 2001 (7.13% a year on average, compounded). 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

In 2020, Brunei Darussalam's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) fell 82.5% on 2019 (from US$217 million to US$38 million).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2019), the average change was +12% and a typical year strayed about 26.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 86.1% in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 82.5% 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 2012 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 10% 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 2020, Brunei Darussalam had the 140th highest value of the 158 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 2020 ranking

• Gambia, The — 137th of 158: US$47 million
• Tonga — 138th of 158: US$47 million
• Algeria — 139th of 158: US$43 million
• Dominica — 141st of 158: US$32 million
• Malawi — 142nd of 158: US$30 million
• Djibouti — 143rd of 158: US$29.7 million

What this measures

International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 18 values

International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies

• Australia — US$25.67 billion (2020)
• Cambodia — US$1.02 billion (2020)
• China — US$14.23 billion (2020)
• Fiji — US$151 million (2020)
• French Polynesia — US$642 million (2018)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — US$2.84 billion (2020)
• Indonesia — US$3.31 billion (2020)
• Japan — US$10.6 billion (2020)
• Kiribati

More private sector & trade data for Brunei Darussalam

• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$6.04 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$10.5 billion (2025)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 46.42% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$5.69 billion (2023)
• Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 61.34% (2023)
• Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) — 0% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Brunei Darussalam's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$)?

US$38 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2001?

It is down 75.48% from US$155 million in 2001 (7.13% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$254 million in 2009 and the lowest US$38 million in 2020.

How does Brunei Darussalam rank?

140th highest of 158 economies with data for 2020.

Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) unusual for Brunei Darussalam?

In 2020, Brunei Darussalam's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) fell 82.5% on 2019 (from US$217 million to US$38 million). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2019), the average change was +12% and a typical year strayed about 26.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.TVLR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism 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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