Starting a business - Score in Brunei
Brunei: Starting a business - Score was 94.93 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Brunei, 2006–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Brunei is 94.93, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 94.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Brunei peaked at 94.93 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 48.3, in 2010.
That places Brunei 17th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Brunei, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 48.89 | — |
| 2007 | 48.87 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 48.84 | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 48.77 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 48.3 | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 48.51 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 48.66 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 48.76 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 48.7 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 86.77 | +78.2% |
| 2016 | 86.73 | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 90.23 | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 94.92 | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 94.93 | +0.0% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 94.93 is above the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 94.93 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 86.39, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business - Score 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +78.2% | 48.7 | 86.77 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 48.84 | 48.77 | 48.89 | 4 |
| 2010s | 69.65 | 48.3 | 94.93 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
More private sector data for Brunei
- 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 starting a business - score in Brunei?
- Starting a business - score in Brunei was 94.93 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 94.93 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.3 in 2010.
- How does Brunei rank for starting a business - score?
- Brunei ranks 17th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brunei data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.