Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Brunei
Brunei: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 37.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel 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
The most recent figure for travel services in Brunei is 37.1%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 15.3% on the previous year and up 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Brunei peaked at 52.9% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2021.
Brunei ranks 37th of 198 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Brunei, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 48.9% | — |
| 2002 | 52.2% | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 52.9% | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 41.4% | -21.7% |
| 2005 | 39.8% | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 39.5% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 38.6% | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 38.9% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 39.3% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 28.1% | -28.3% |
| 2015 | 28.3% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 30.9% | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 41.3% | +33.8% |
| 2018 | 37.9% | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 34.5% | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 8.3% | -76.0% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | -81.4% |
| 2022 | 10.9% | +607.7% |
| 2023 | 25.4% | +133.4% |
| 2024 | 32.2% | +27.0% |
| 2025 | 37.1% | +15.3% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 37.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 21.8%, 1.7× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 37.1% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 23.4%, 1.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +607.7% | 1.5% | 10.9% |
| 2023 | +133.4% | 10.9% | 25.4% |
| 2021 | -81.4% | 8.3% | 1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.5% | 38.6% | 52.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 33.5% | 28.1% | 41.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 19.2% | 1.5% | 37.1% | 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 travel services in Brunei?
- Travel services in Brunei was 37.1% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 52.9% in 2003.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2021.
- How does Brunei rank for travel services?
- Brunei ranks 37th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Travel services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.