Brunei Darussalam is ranked 13th among 42 countries in the Asia–Pacific region, and its overall score is well above the regional and world averages.Economic freedom has declined slightly in Brunei Darussalam over the past five years, and the country’s economy remains firmly in the moderately free category. A sharp drop in global oil prices, a collapse in global oil demand and preventive measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus will weigh on economic growth.

Oil and gas sector contribution to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) has already fallen from 63.3% in 2014 to an estimated 50% these days. Region: East Asia & Pacific: Income Category: High income: Population: 428,962: GNI Per Capita (US$) 31,020: City Covered: Bandar Seri Begawan: Brunei is the 105th largest export economy in the world. Although oil and gas revenues have allowed the state to give its citizens one of the highest per capita incomes in Asia, they also have made the country dependent on a single commodity that is subject to market fluctuations. Brunei Economy - overview. Brunei Q1 economy dips 0.5 pct due to decline in oil, gas sector: report ... Brunei's economy to grow by 4.8 pct in 2019: IMF; Brunei's economy seen to have contracted in 2018; MORE PHOTOS. Economic growth has stagnated because of lower global oil prices and OPEC production caps. Brunei is one of the world’s last remaining autocracies, and the sultan wields nearly absolute power. Brunei Darussalam’s economic freedom score is 66.6, making its economy the 61st freest in the 2020 Index. "Policy efforts on structural reforms and to diversify the economy away from the oil and gas sector into manufacturing, tourism, agriculture, aquaculture and other non-traditional industries should be continued to enhance Brunei Darussalam's long-term growth prospects," AMRO added.The Asian Development Outlook 2019 report in April stated that the start of downstream production at the biggest China-Brunei joint venture Hengyi Industries' refinery project and construction on the Brunei Fertilizer Industries plant and Temburong Bridge may stimulate growth. Next year, several huge downstream oil and gas (O&G) projects will commence operations, including the Pulau Muara Besar oil refinery and petrochemical plant, which plans to start full operation by the end of 2019 or the beginning of 2020.

“[The decline] was mainly associated with a 75.2 percent Brunei’s GDP at current prices was estimated at $4.5 billion in Q3 2018, with oil and gas accounting for 57.3 percent of economic activity.Oil and gas also represents 90 percent of government revenue.Non-oil and gas sectors grew 0.4 percent year-on-year.The industrial sector — which covers manufacturing of liquefied natural gas and methanol, construction and oil mining — was valued at $2.86 billion in Q3 2018.Meanwhile, the services sector was valued at $1.66 billion in the same period and the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector was valued at $47 million.The DEPD said capital expenditure in the private sector continued to rise, posting 33.1 percent growth year-on-year.Coming out of four years of recession, the sultanate posted 1.3 percent GDP growth in 2017.When oil prices hit US$80 a barrel last October — a four-year high — the But the market flipped from mid-year concerns about an oil shortage to fears of a Oil prices lost more than a third of their value in the fourth quarter, The report stated that real GDP grew at 5.2 per cent in Q4 2017, but slowed to 2.6 per cent in Q1 of 2018 and was -2.8 per cent in Q2 2018, as oil and gas production was disrupted due to unscheduled maintenance of facilities.“It is important for the authorities to accelerate economic diversification as well as improve spending efficiency in order to enhance the long-term growth prospects of the economy,” With incoming foreign direct investment, and the opening of the Hengyi crude oil refinery this year, AMRO has But with geopolitical factors remaining a big variable in 2019, it could be more difficult for the oil market to reach equilibrium and investors may have to The top corporate tax rate is 18.5 percent for most companies and 55 percent for oil and gas companies.

The sultan’s 2019 decision in favor of partial implementation of Sharia law was met with international condemnation. BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Brunei Darussalam's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) posted a negative growth of 0.5 percent year-on-year at constant prices in the first quarter, the latest report issued by the Department of Economic Planning and Development showed.The report showed that the sultanate's GDP was estimated at 4.73 billion Brunei dollars (3.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2019, compared to 4.753 billion Brunei dollars in the first quarter of 2018.The oil and gas sector in the first quarter declined 2.5 percent at constant prices year-on-year, which was mainly associated with the decrease in the manufacture of liquefied natural gas and methanol by 6.5 percent and oil and gas mining by 1.0 percent.According to the report, the production of natural gas declined to 35.5 million cubic meters per day in the first quarter from 37.7 million cubic meters per day in the first quarter of 2018.Meanwhile, crude oil production increased slightly from 125,600 barrel per day in the first quarter of 2018 to 126,800 barrel per day in the first quarter this year.

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