Brunei Darussalam's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) was 37.04% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 16.85 percentage points from 20.19% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 37.04% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 23.29% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 20.19% | 2013 |
| Highest | 98.64% | 1968 |
| Lowest | 1.29% | 1998 |
| Average since 2014 | 28.46% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 3.13% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Brunei Darussalam's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) rose 1.2 percentage points on 2022 (from 35.84% to 37.04%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.72 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.65 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above 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 18.53 percentage points in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 73.52 percentage points in 1972. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.46 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 85% 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 2023, Brunei Darussalam had the 29th highest value of the 203 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 | 37.04% | 2023 |
| World | 15.22% | 2023 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 27.61% | 2023 |
| High income | 14.45% | 2023 |
Closest to Brunei Darussalam in the 2023 ranking
- Gabon — 26th of 203: 38.28%
- New Zealand — 27th of 203: 37.73%
- Peru — 28th of 203: 37.08%
- Fiji — 30th of 203: 36.61%
- Brazil — 31st of 203: 35.84%
- Korea, Rep. — 32nd of 203: 35.14%
What this measures
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 57 values
| Year | Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 37.04 |
| 2022 | 35.84 |
| 2021 | 37.91 |
| 2020 | 36.61 |
| 2019 | 26.88 |
| 2018 | 23.29 |
| 2017 | 29.34 |
| 2016 | 22.75 |
| 2015 | 17.52 |
| 2014 | 17.43 |
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 1.57% (2023)
- Australia — 46.86% (2023)
- Cambodia — 24.56% (2023)
- China — 13.69% (2023)
- Fiji — 36.61% (2023)
- French Polynesia — 12.88% (2023)
- Guam
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Brunei Darussalam's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)?
- 37.04% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 33.91 percentage points from 3.13% in 1960. The highest value was 98.64% in 1968 and the lowest 1.29% in 1998.
- How does Brunei Darussalam rank?
- 29th highest of 203 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) unusual for Brunei Darussalam?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.R1.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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