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Government debt in Brunei

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Brunei's government debt is 1.60 % — #1 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

1.60%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.0 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Brunei over time

3.20 %1.60 %0.00 %3.20 % · 20140.00 % · 19851985: 0.00 %1986: 0.00 %1987: 0.00 %1988: 0.00 %1989: 0.00 %1990: 0.00 %1991: 0.00 %1992: 0.00 %1993: 0.00 %1994: 0.00 %1995: 0.00 %1996: 0.00 %1997: 0.00 %1998: 0.00 %1999: 0.00 %2000: 0.00 %2001: 0.00 %2002: 0.00 %2003: 0.00 %2004: 0.00 %2005: 0.00 %2006: 0.60 %2007: 0.70 %2008: 0.90 %2009: 1.10 %2010: 1.10 %2011: 2.10 %2012: 2.10 %2013: 2.20 %2014: 3.20 %2015: 3.00 %2016: 3.00 %2017: 2.60 %2018: 1.90 %2019: 1.80 %2020: 2.20 %2021: 1.40 %2022: 1.30 %2023: 1.70 %2024: 1.60 %2025: 1.60 %1985200520251.60 %
41 official observations, 1985 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#1 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
99 %
124 of 125 countries
Latest move
unchanged
since 2024
Below its peak
1.60 pp
peak 3.20 % in 2014
Full series
▲ 1.60 pp
since 1985

In Asia: #1 of 37vs median 54.70 %: −53.10 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Brunei: ahead of 99 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtBrunei 1.60 % →12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Brunei is ahead of 99 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Brunei
1 Brunei1.60 %—
2 Hong Kong12.10 %+10.50 pp
3 Haiti12.30 %+10.70 pp
4 Kuwait14.60 %+13.00 pp
5 Russia16.60 %+15.00 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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