USD
Brunei
Brunei's money's value is 89.60 %, the highest of 116. And its government debt is 1.60 %, the lowest of 125.
Of 14 fields published for Brunei, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
35 % of US prices
Money's value
89.60 %
100 saved in Brunei in 2000 buys what 90 buys today — 10 % of its purchasing power is gone.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
0.61 %
A bank account in Brunei currently gains about 0.6 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
0.31 %
Inflation rate
-0.30 %
Prices in Brunei actually fell 0.3 % over the year — deflation.
Debt per person
$516
ranked 6th of 124
Currency
0.00 %
ranked 12th of 71
Where Brunei sits, field by field
Each dot is Brunei’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Money's value89.60 %1 of 116
- Government debt1.60 %1 of 125
- Debt per person$5166 of 124
- Deposit rate0.31 %64 of 70
- Currency0.00 %12 of 71
- GDP growth0.67 %107 of 127
- Lending rate5.50 %16 of 67
- Inflation rate-0.30 %97 of 126
- Price level35 % of US prices36 of 125
- GDP per capita$32,23540 of 127
- Corporate tax18.50 %31 of 96
- Bank spread5.19 %30 of 62
- Savings vs inflation0.61 %36 of 70
- Unemployment rate5.28 %63 of 124
- Cost of money
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Hong Kong
avg gap 20.2 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: price level — 35 % of US prices (Brunei) vs 71 % of US prices
Thailand
avg gap 21.2 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 1.60 % (Brunei) vs 64.70 %
Bosnia and Herzegovina
avg gap 21.7 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: bank spread — 5.19 % (Brunei) vs 2.21 %
Kuwait
avg gap 24.1 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 5.28 % (Brunei) vs 2.18 %
| Price level | 35 % of US prices | ranked 36th of 125 | |
| GDP per capita | $32,235 | ranked 40th of 127 | |
| Corporate tax | 18.50 % | ranked 31st of 96 | |
| Bank spread | 5.19 % | ranked 30th of 62 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 0.61 % | ranked 36th of 70 | |
| Unemployment rate | 5.28 % | ranked 63rd of 124 |
✓ 14 fields published for Brunei, every one dated and sourced · 21 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Brunei: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, minimum wage (ppp), retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, top income tax, public holidays.
Sources for all 14 figures
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-10-23
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
What changed
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 484 → 516 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 1.5 → 1.6 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Money’s value since 2000 (100 = unchanged) | 89.5 → 89.6 |