Brunei

Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan; GDP growth (annual %) 2016 : -2.5%;
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Key Facts
Full name: Brunei Darussalam
Population: 407,000 (UN, 2010)
Area: 5,765 sq km (2,226 sq miles)
Major languages: Malay, English, Chinese
Major religions: Islam, Buddhism, Christianity
Life expectancy: 76 years (men), 81 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Bruneian dollar = 100 cents
Main exports: Crude oil, liquefied natural gas, petroleum products
GNI per capita: High income: $31,800 (World Bank, 2009)
Internet domain: .bn
International dialling code: +673
  • Climate change laws around the world

    2017/05/14

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  • Asia Economic Roundup: July 2016

    2016/07/18

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  • Towards A Transboundary Haze-Free ASEAN By 2020: Prevention And Collaboration

    2015/11/16

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  • Indonesia poised for agricultural reform

    2015/02/14

    Hopes are rising that long-awaited reforms of national-owned enterprises and government initiatives can help Indonesia’s agriculture sector rebound from a year of commodity price shocks, which have taken their toll on the country’s biggest exports, particularly palm oil.

    Indonesia tops the world inventory for crude palm oil (CPO) production and is as well a major producer of several other commodities, inclunding rubber, cocoa and coffee. Confidence amongst palm oil and rubber producers plummeted this summer, at the same time as prices hit near five-year lows. With increase at a standstill across much of the agricultural sector, industry insiders are calling on Jakarta to do additional to help.

  • Brunei Darussalam Year in Review 2014

    2015/02/14

    A string of major international trade agreements, due to be implemented in 2015, promise to strengthen and diversify Brunei Darussalam’s exports as it ramps up efforts to reduce its dependency on crude oil sales in the wake of plummeting prices.

    The price of exports slumped 23.2% in October, due to lower shipments of oil, according to the new figures from the Department of Economic Planning and Development. A 7.3% decline in oil exports was due caused by the fall in average oil prices, it noted.

  • Investing in innovation in Brunei Darussalam

    2014/08/16

    Brunei Darussalam has lost ground in its efforts to promote innovation as a cornerstone for next economic and social development, slipping down the ladder of a comparative survey of innovative practices for the second year running, but the sultanate is positioning itself to rebound strongly in the years approaching.

  • Country Forecast Brunei

    2013/08/12

    The country (Brunei) is situated in Southeastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia.
    Brunei has borders with Malaysia for 381km.
    Land in Brunei is flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east; hilly lowland in west. Bruneian land covers an area of 5770 km².

    The climate is tropical, hot, humid, rainy.Bruneian(s) speak Malay (official), English, Chinese.