The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       The economy is a mixture of foreign and domestic entrepreneurship,

       government regulation and welfare measures, and village tradition. It

       is almost totally supported by exports of crude oil and natural gas,

       with revenues from the petroleum sector accounting for more than 50%

       of GDP. Per capita GDP is among the highest in the Third World, and

       substantial income from overseas investment supplements domestic

       production. The government provides for all medical services and

       subsidizes food and housing.

       National product:

       GDP - exchange rate conversion - $2.5 billion (1991 est.)

       National product real growth rate:

       1% (1991)

       National product per capita:

       $9,000 (1991 est.)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       2% (1993 est.)

       Unemployment rate:

       3.7% (1989)

       Budget:

       revenues:

       $1.3 billion

       expenditures:

       $1.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $255 million (1989

       est.)

       Exports:

       $2.3 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

       commodities:

       crude oil, liquefied natural gas, petroleum products

       partners:

       Japan 53%, UK 12%, South Korea 9%, Thailand 7%, Singapore 5% (1990)

       Imports:

       $2 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

       commodities:

       machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals

       partners:

       Singapore 35%, UK 26%, Switzerland 9%, US 9%, Japan 5% (1990)

       External debt:

       $0

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 12.9% (1987); accounts for 52.4% of GDP

       Electricity:

       capacity:

       310,000 kW

       production:

       890 million kWh

       consumption per capita:

       3,300 kWh (1990)

       Industries:

       petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction

       Agriculture:

       imports about 80% of its food needs; principal crops and livestock

       include rice, cassava, bananas, buffaloes, and pigs

       Economic aid:

       recipient:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70–87), $20.6 million; Western

       (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970–89), $153

       million

       Currency:

       1 Bruneian dollar (B$) = 100 cents

       Exchange rates:

       Bruneian dollars (B$) per US$1 - 1.6032 (January 1994), 1.6158 (1993),

       1.6290 (1992), 1.7276 (1991), 1.8125 (1990), 1.9503 (1989); note - the

       Bruneian dollar is at par with the Singapore dollar

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      @Brunei, Communications

      Railroads:

       13 km 0.610-meter narrow-gauge private line

       Highways:

       total:

       1,090 km

       paved:

       bituminous 370 km (with another 52 km under construction)

       unpaved:

       gravel or earth 720 km

       Inland waterways:

       209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 meters

       Pipelines:

       crude oil 135 km; petroleum products 418 km; natural gas 920 km

       Ports:

       Kuala Belait, Muara

       Merchant marine:

       7 liquefied gas carriers (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 348,476

       GRT/340,635 DWT

       Airports:

       total:

       2

       usable:

       2

       with permanent-surface runways:

       1

       with runway over 3,659 m:

       1

       with runway 2,440–3,659 m:

       0

       with runway 1,220–2,439 m:

       1

       Telecommunications:

       service throughout country is adequate for present needs;

       international service good to adjacent Malaysia; radiobroadcast

       coverage good; 33,000 telephones (1987); broadcast stations - 4 AM/FM,

       1 TV; 74,000 radio receivers (1987); satellite earth stations - 1

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