Brunei vs Pre-demographic dividend: Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) over time
- Brunei
- Pre-demographic dividend
How they compare
Brunei currently reports 110.0% against 45.3% in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 64.7%.
That makes Brunei's figure about 2.4 times Pre-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Brunei ahead.
Brunei ranks 19th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 18th of 204 countries.
Brunei has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | Pre-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 94.7% | 29.9% | 64.8% | Brunei |
| 1970s | 88.3% | 39.4% | 49.0% | Brunei |
| 1980s | 52.1% | 33.1% | 18.9% | Brunei |
| 1990s | 61.4% | 28.5% | 32.9% | Brunei |
| 2000s | 77.5% | 45.5% | 32.0% | Brunei |
| 2010s | 80.4% | 42.0% | 38.4% | Brunei |
| 2020s | 122.5% | 39.2% | 83.3% | Brunei |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise trade, Brunei or Pre-demographic dividend?
- Brunei, at 110.0% against 45.3% in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in merchandise trade between Brunei and Pre-demographic dividend?
- 64.7%, with Brunei ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Pre-demographic dividend?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Brunei and Pre-demographic dividend rank globally for merchandise trade?
- Brunei ranks 19th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 18th 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.