Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) in Brunei
Brunei: Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) was 2.3% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Insurance and financial services in Brunei, 2001–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Brunei 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 peaked at 6.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2015.
That places Brunei 168th 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 (% of commercial service imports) in Brunei, 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 compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 2.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 6.4%, 37% of the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Brunei'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 (% of commercial service imports) in Brunei 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
More private sector data for Brunei
- Merchandise trade 110.0% (2025)
- Food imports 8.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 23.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 6.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 24.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 10.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 443.71 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 22,512 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Brunei?
- Insurance and financial services in Brunei 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?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2015.
- How does Brunei rank for insurance and financial services?
- Brunei ranks 168th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is up 228.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brunei 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.