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Economy Brunei
Flag of Brunei Brunei
Population: 365,251 (July 2004 est.)
Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
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Tabular Data - The Bruneian Economy

GDP : purchasing power parity - $6.5 billion (2002 est.)
GDP - Real Growth Rate : 3% (2002 est.)
GDP - Per Capita : purchasing power parity - $18,600 (2002 est.)
GDP - Composition By Sector : agriculture: 5%
industry: 45%
services: 50% (2001 est.)
Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : -2% (2002 est.)
Labor Force : 143,400
note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force (1999 est.)
Labor Force - By Occupation : agriculture, forestry, and fishing 10%, production of oil, natural gas, services, and construction 42%, government 48% (1999 est.)
Budget : revenues: $2.5 billion
expenditures: $2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.35 billion (1997 est.)
Industries : petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction
Industrial Production Growth Rate : 5% (2002 est.)
Electricity - Production : 2.497 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - Production by Source : fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - Consumption : 2.322 billion kWh (2001)
Agriculture - Products : rice, vegetables, fruits, chickens, water buffalo
Exports : $3.439 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
Exports - Commodities : crude oil, natural gas, refined products
Exports - Partners : Japan 40.8%, South Korea 13.1%, US 10%, Australia 9%, Thailand 7.2%, China 7% (2003 est.)
Imports : $1.63 billion c.i.f. (2002 est.)
Imports - Commodities : machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals
Imports - Partners : Singapore 27.4%, Malaysia 18.5%, UK 12.5%, Germany 7.2%, France 7%, Japan 5.7% (2003 est.)
Debt - External : $0
Economic Aid - Recipient : $4.3 million (1995)
Currency : Bruneian dollar (BND)
Currency Code : BND
Exchange Rates : Bruneian dollars per US dollar - 1.7422 (2003), 1.7906 (2002), 1.7917 (2001), 1.724 (2000), 1.695 (1999)
Fiscal Year : Calendar Year

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Data Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2004 World Factbook