industry: 74.1%
services: 25.3% (2008 est.)
Labor force:
188,800 (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 171
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 4.2%
industry: 62.8%
services: 33% (2008 est.)
Unemployment rate:
3.7% (2008) country comparison to the world: 31 4% (2006)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.7% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 84 0.3% (2007 est.)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
5.5% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 144 5.5% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$3.374 billion (30 March 2009) country comparison to the world: 108 $3.046 billion (31 December 2008)
Stock of broad money:
$8.569 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 106 $7.597 billion (31 December 2008)
Stock of domestic credit:
$1.274 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 142 $2.38 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
Agriculture - products:
rice, vegetables, fruits; chickens, water buffalo, cattle, goats, eggs
Industries:
petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction
Industrial production growth rate:
−5.4% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 164
Electricity - production:
3.069 billion kWh (2008) country comparison to the world: 123
Electricity - consumption:
2.98 billion kWh (2008) country comparison to the world: 127
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
146,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 48
Oil - consumption:
16,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 132
Oil - exports:
152,900 bbl/day (2007) country comparison to the world: 58
Oil - imports:
238 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 200
Oil - proved reserves:
1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 39
Natural gas - production:
13.4 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 36
Natural gas - consumption:
4.2 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 65
Natural gas - exports:
9.2 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 21
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 76
Natural gas - proved reserves:
390.8 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 35
Current account balance:
$7.024 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 27 $7.101 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:
$10.67 billion (2008) country comparison to the world: 83 $8.25 billion (2007)
Exports - commodities:
crude oil, natural gas, garments
Exports - partners:
Japan 38.04%, Indonesia 25.95%, South Korea 14.17%, Australia 7.24% (2009)
Imports:
$2.61 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 144 $2.055 billion (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Singapore 38.4%, Malaysia 18.7%, Japan 7.2%, China 5.42%, Thailand 5.19%, US 4.45%, UK 4.25% (2009)
Debt - external:
$0 (2005) country comparison to the world: 195
Exchange rates:
Bruneian dollars (BND) per US dollar - 1.45 (2009), 1.45 (2009), 2 (2006), 2 (2005), 2 (2004)
Communications ::Brunei
Telephones - main lines in use:
80,500 (2009) country comparison to the world: 149
Telephones - mobile cellular:
425,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 163
Telephone system:
general assessment: service throughout the country is good; international service is good to Southeast Asia, Middle East, Western Europe, and the US
domestic: every service available
international: country code - 673; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; the Asia-America Gateway submarine cable network, scheduled for completion by late 2008, will provide new links to Asia and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) (2009)
Broadcast media:
state-controlled Radio Television Brunei (RTB) operates 4 channels; 3 Malaysian TV stations are available; foreign TV broadcasts are available via satellite and cable systems; RTB operates 5 radio networks broadcasting on multiple frequencies; British Forces Broadcast Service (BFBS) provides radio broadcasts on 2 FM stations; some radio broadcast stations from Malaysia are available via repeaters (2009)
Internet country code:
.bn
Internet hosts:
50,997 (2010) country comparison to the world: 88
Internet users:
314,900 (2009) country comparison to the world: 128
Transportation ::Brunei
Airports:
2 (2010) country comparison to the world: 207
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2010)
Heliports: