The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

poverty line:

       NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA%

       highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       −2% (2002 est.)

      Labor force:

       143,400

       note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary

       residents make up about 40% of labor force (1999 est.)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       government 48%, production of oil, natural gas, services, and

       construction 42%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 10% (1999 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

       10% (2001 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $2.5 billion

       expenditures: $2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.35

       billion (1997 est.)

      Industries:

       petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction

      Industrial production growth rate:

       5% (2002 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       2.497 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% other: 0% (2001) nuclear: 0%

      Electricity - consumption:

       2.322 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       217,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       13,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       1.255 billion bbl (37257)

      Natural gas - production:

       10.35 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       1.35 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       315 billion cu m (37257)

      Agriculture - products:

       rice, vegetables, fruits, chickens, water buffalo

      Exports:

       $3 billion f.o.b. (2000 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       crude oil, natural gas, refined products

      Exports - partners:

       Japan 40.3%, South Korea 12.3%, Thailand 12.1%, Australia 9.2%, US

       8.1%, China 6.4%, Singapore 5.7% (2002)

      Imports:

       $1.4 billion c.i.f. (2000 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food,

       chemicals

      Imports - partners:

       Singapore 30.6%, Japan 21.5%, Malaysia 17.4%, UK 6.1%, Hong Kong 4%

       (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $0

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $4.3 million (1995)

      Currency:

       Bruneian dollar (BND)

      Currency code:

       BND

      Exchange rates:

       Bruneian dollars per US dollar - 1.79 (2002), 1.79 (2001), 1.72

       (2000), 1.69 (1999), 1.67 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Brunei

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       79,000 (1996)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       43,524 (1996)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: service throughout the country is excellent;

       international service is good to East Asia, Europe, and the US

       domestic: every service available

       international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean

       and 1 Pacific Ocean); digital submarine cable links to Malaysia, the

       Philippines, and Singapore (2001)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 3, FM 10, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios:

       329,000 (1998)

      Television broadcast stations:

       2 (1997)

      Televisions:

       201,900 (1998)

      Internet country code:

       .bn

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       2 (2000)

      Internet users:

       35,000 (2002)

      Transportation Brunei

      Railways:

       total: 13 km (private line)

       narrow gauge: 13 km 0.610-m gauge (2001 est.)

      Highways: total: 2,525 km paved: 2,525 km unpaved: 0 km (2000)

      Waterways:

       209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m

      Pipelines:

       gas 665 km; oil 439 km (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Bandar Seri Begawan, Kuala Belait, Muara, Seria, Tutong

      Merchant marine:

       total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 465,937 GRT/413,393 DWT

       ships by type: liquefied gas 8

       note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of

       convenience: UK 7 (2002 est.)

      Airports:

       2 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 1

       over 3,047 m: 1 (2002)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 1

       914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002)

      Heliports:

       3 (2002)

      Military Brunei

      Military branches:

       Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Royal Brunei Police

      Military manpower - military age: