Insurance and financial services in Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam: Insurance and financial services was 2.3% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Insurance and financial services in Brunei Darussalam, 2001–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Brunei Darussalam recorded 2.3% for insurance and financial services in 2025.
That represents a change of down 13.0% on the previous year and up 228.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Brunei Darussalam peaked at 6.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2015.
That places Brunei Darussalam 170th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Insurance and financial services in Brunei Darussalam, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.0% | — |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | +13.0% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | +16.2% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | +13.4% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | +17.8% |
| 2008 | 1.8% | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -60.0% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | +392.5% |
| 2017 | 3.6% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | -58.2% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -46.3% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | +61.5% |
| 2021 | 6.8% | +422.6% |
| 2022 | 6.8% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 3.4% | -49.5% |
| 2024 | 2.7% | -22.1% |
| 2025 | 2.3% | -13.0% |
Brunei Darussalam compared with similar countries
- Brunei Darussalam's 2.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 6.4%, 37% of the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Brunei Darussalam's 2.3% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.2%, 45% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance and financial services in Brunei Darussalam changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +422.6% | 1.3% | 6.8% |
| 2016 | +392.5% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 0.7% | 3.6% | 5 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 1.3% | 6.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brunei Darussalam
More private sector data for Brunei Darussalam
- Merchandise trade 110.0% (2025)
- Food imports 8.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 23.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 6.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 24.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 10.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 22,512 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6984 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -6.75 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Brunei Darussalam?
- Insurance and financial services in Brunei Darussalam was 2.3% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest insurance and financial services recorded in Brunei Darussalam?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Brunei Darussalam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2015.
- How does Brunei Darussalam rank for insurance and financial services?
- Brunei Darussalam ranks 170th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Brunei Darussalam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 228.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brunei Darussalam data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.