The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

0.7%

      industry: 74.1%

      services: 25.3% (2008 est.)

      Labor force:

      188,800 (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 171

      Labor force - by occupation:

      agriculture: 4.2%

      industry: 62.8%

      services: 33% (2008 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

      3.7% (2008) country comparison to the world: 31 4% (2006)

      Population below poverty line:

      NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: NA%

      highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      2.7% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 84 0.3% (2007 est.)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      5.5% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 144 5.5% (31 December 2008 est.)

      Stock of narrow money:

      $3.374 billion (30 March 2009) country comparison to the world: 108 $3.046 billion (31 December 2008)

      Stock of broad money:

      $8.569 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 106 $7.597 billion (31 December 2008)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $1.274 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 142 $2.38 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $NA

      Agriculture - products:

      rice, vegetables, fruits; chickens, water buffalo, cattle, goats, eggs

      Industries:

      petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction

      Industrial production growth rate:

      −5.4% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 164

      Electricity - production:

      3.069 billion kWh (2008) country comparison to the world: 123

      Electricity - consumption:

      2.98 billion kWh (2008) country comparison to the world: 127

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Oil - production:

      146,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 48

      Oil - consumption:

      16,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 132

      Oil - exports:

      152,900 bbl/day (2007) country comparison to the world: 58

      Oil - imports:

      238 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 200

      Oil - proved reserves:

      1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 39

      Natural gas - production:

      13.4 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 36

      Natural gas - consumption:

      4.2 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 65

      Natural gas - exports:

      9.2 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 21

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 76

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      390.8 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 35

      Current account balance:

      $7.024 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 27 $7.101 billion (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $10.67 billion (2008) country comparison to the world: 83 $8.25 billion (2007)

      Exports - commodities:

      crude oil, natural gas, garments

      Exports - partners:

      Japan 38.04%, Indonesia 25.95%, South Korea 14.17%, Australia 7.24% (2009)

      Imports:

      $2.61 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 144 $2.055 billion (2007 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals

      Imports - partners:

      Singapore 38.4%, Malaysia 18.7%, Japan 7.2%, China 5.42%, Thailand 5.19%, US 4.45%, UK 4.25% (2009)

      Debt - external:

      $0 (2005) country comparison to the world: 195

      Exchange rates:

      Bruneian dollars (BND) per US dollar - 1.45 (2009), 1.45 (2009), 2 (2006), 2 (2005), 2 (2004)

      Communications ::Brunei

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      80,500 (2009) country comparison to the world: 149

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      425,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 163

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: service throughout the country is good; international service is good to Southeast Asia, Middle East, Western Europe, and the US

      domestic: every service available

      international: country code - 673; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; the Asia-America Gateway submarine cable network, scheduled for completion by late 2008, will provide new links to Asia and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) (2009)

      Broadcast media:

      state-controlled Radio Television Brunei (RTB) operates 4 channels; 3 Malaysian TV stations are available; foreign TV broadcasts are available via satellite and cable systems; RTB operates 5 radio networks broadcasting on multiple frequencies; British Forces Broadcast Service (BFBS) provides radio broadcasts on 2 FM stations; some radio broadcast stations from Malaysia are available via repeaters (2009)

      Internet country code:

      .bn

      Internet hosts:

      50,997 (2010) country comparison to the world: 88

      Internet users:

      314,900 (2009) country comparison to the world: 128

      Transportation ::Brunei

      Airports:

      2 (2010) country comparison to the world: 207

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 2

      over 3,047 m: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2010)

      Heliports: