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Unemployment rate in Brunei

How hard is it to have a job there?

Brunei's unemployment rate is 5.28 % — #63 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

5.28%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Brunei over time

9.32 %7.11 %4.91 %9.32 % · 20174.91 % · 20212000: 5.53 %2001: 5.56 %2002: 5.65 %2003: 5.74 %2004: 5.85 %2005: 5.97 %2006: 6.06 %2007: 6.19 %2008: 6.31 %2009: 6.46 %2010: 6.49 %2011: 6.51 %2012: 6.57 %2013: 6.71 %2014: 6.86 %2015: 7.70 %2016: 8.54 %2017: 9.32 %2018: 8.70 %2019: 6.60 %2020: 7.41 %2021: 4.91 %2022: 5.19 %2023: 5.30 %2024: 5.18 %2025: 5.28 %2000201220255.28 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#63 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
49 %
61 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
4.04 pp
peak 9.32 % in 2017
Full series
▼ 0.25 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #25 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +0.02 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Brunei: ahead of 49 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentBrunei 5.28 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Brunei is ahead of 49 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Brunei
61 Peru5.12 %−0.16 pp
62 Mongolia5.23 %−0.04 pp
63 Brunei5.28 %—
64 Fiji5.35 %+0.07 pp
65 Slovakia5.36 %+0.08 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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