Brunei vs High income: Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) over time
- Brunei
- High income
How they compare
Brunei currently reports 110.0% against 45.2% in High income, a difference of 64.8%.
That makes Brunei's figure about 2.4 times High income's.
Across all 61 years both countries report, Brunei has been ahead every year.
Brunei ranks 19th and High income ranks 19th of 204 countries.
Brunei has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | High income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 94.7% | 18.0% | 76.7% | Brunei |
| 1970s | 88.3% | 26.2% | 62.1% | Brunei |
| 1980s | 52.1% | 30.1% | 22.0% | Brunei |
| 1990s | 61.4% | 31.4% | 30.0% | Brunei |
| 2000s | 77.5% | 41.8% | 35.7% | Brunei |
| 2010s | 80.4% | 47.8% | 32.7% | Brunei |
| 2020s | 122.5% | 47.1% | 75.4% | Brunei |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise trade, Brunei or High income?
- Brunei, at 110.0% against 45.2% in High income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in merchandise trade between Brunei and High income?
- 64.8%, with Brunei ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and High income?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Brunei and High income rank globally for merchandise trade?
- Brunei ranks 19th and High income ranks 19th of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Trade Organization (WTO), published as Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.