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Topic 13 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Brunei: Food & Agriculture
What does a country grow, and what does it take to grow it?
Brunei is placed joint 73rd of 184 countries on food & agriculture in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) 3.14 (2024); Cereal Yield 2,467 (2023).
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joint73rd
of 184 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
- 3.14Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2024Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators
- 2,467Cereal Yield, 2023Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
- —Dietary Energy Supply, 2024No reading for this country
- 0.64Agriculture Orientation Index, 2024Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Brunei on food & agriculture — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
3.14
Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators
Higher is better
Brunei: 3.14. Across the 186 countries in this edition, values run from 1.67 (Tuvalu) to 4.57 (Italy); the world median is 3.14.
- World median
- 3.14
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 3.67 Singapore
- Land neighbours
- Malaysia 3.5
Key 2 of 4
Cereal Yield
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 4.0
2,467
Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
Higher is better
Brunei: 2,467. Across the 179 countries in this edition, values run from 23 (Cabo Verde) to 29,147 (Oman); the world median is 3,072.
- World median
- 3,072
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 5,995 Vietnam
- Land neighbours
- Malaysia 3,524
Key 3 of 4
Dietary Energy Supply
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day)
Higher is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Brunei, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 155 countries in this edition, values run from 1,757 (Somalia) to 3,962 (United States); the world median is 2,982.
- World median
- 2,982
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 3,015 Vietnam
- Land neighbours
- Malaysia 2,975
Key 4 of 4
Agriculture Orientation Index
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
0.64
Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size)
Higher is better
Brunei: 0.64. Across the 132 countries in this edition, values run from 0.03 (Ghana) to 5.38 (Singapore); the world median is 0.305.
- World median
- 0.305
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 5.38 Singapore
- Land neighbours
- Malaysia 0.22
02Over time
Which way Brunei is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)
Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators · higher is better
BruneiWorld median
Brunei rose from 3 in 2015 to 3.14 in 2024; the world median went from 3.14 to 3.14.
Every year’s figures
Year Brunei World median 2024 3.1 3.1 2023 3.1 3.1 2022 3.1 3.2 2021 3.1 3.1 2020 3.1 3.1 2019 3.1 3.1 2018 3.1 3.2 2017 3.1 3.1 2016 3.0 3.1 2015 3.0 3.1 Cereal Yield
Cereal yield (kg per hectare) · higher is better
BruneiWorld median
Brunei rose from 1,007 in 2000 to 2,467 in 2023; the world median went from 2,170 to 3,072.
Every year’s figures
Year Brunei World median 2023 2,467 3,072 2022 2,400 3,217 2021 2,733 3,003 2020 3,000 3,260 2019 2,091 3,106 2018 2,000 2,883 2017 1,769 2,984 2016 1,714 3,043 2015 2,385 3,000 2014 1,615 3,001 2013 1,462 2,970 2012 1,375 2,782 2011 1,467 2,754 2010 1,000 2,647 2009 774 2,653 2008 821 2,664 2007 901 2,553 2006 795 2,514 2005 744 2,512 2004 794 2,428 2003 819 2,331 2002 888 2,378 2001 892 2,199 2000 1,007 2,170 Agriculture Orientation Index
Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size) · higher is better
BruneiWorld median
Brunei rose from 0.61 in 2001 to 0.64 in 2024; the world median went from 0.36 to 0.305.
Every year’s figures
Year Brunei World median 2024 0.64 0.305 2023 0.70 0.305 2022 0.72 0.290 2021 0.65 0.260 2020 0.71 0.255 2019 0.77 0.265 2018 0.78 0.270 2017 0.73 0.260 2016 0.59 0.285 2015 0.62 0.305 2014 0.70 0.300 2013 0.85 0.285 2012 0.89 0.330 2011 1.08 0.290 2010 0.95 0.320 2009 0.75 0.370 2008 1.07 0.390 2007 1.01 0.410 2006 0.97 0.355 2005 0.73 0.325 2004 0.61 0.320 2003 0.56 0.320 2002 0.63 0.340 2001 0.61 0.360
03In context
Brunei beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 184 countries on food & agriculture, never a place within the region.
Brunei and the countries it borders
Standing among all 184; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators | Cereal YieldCereal yield (kg per hectare) | Dietary Energy SupplyDietary energy supply (kcal per person per day) | Agriculture Orientation IndexAgriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunei | =73rd | 3.14 | 2,467 | — | 0.64 |
 Malaysia | =86th | 3.5 | 3,524 | 2,975 | 0.22 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across South-eastern Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 184.
Placed either side on food & agriculture
The countries immediately above and below Brunei in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Brunei is ahead of the world, and behind
18 more statistics filed under food & agriculture, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median4
Statistics on which Brunei does better than the middle country measured.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per WorkerWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 6,74256,2686,742No real change since 2015
Brunei: 56,268 · world median 6,742 · Agricultural value added per worker (constant 2015 US$). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 210.77 to 150,632; higher is better.
Position 12th of 151 · derived.
Livestock Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 107.06123.11107.06▲ Improved since 2012
Brunei: 123.11 · world median 107.06 · Livestock production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 35.52 to 190.08; higher is better.
Position 42nd of 194 · derived.
Food Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.08119.3106.08▲ Improved since 2012
Brunei: 119.3 · world median 106.08 · Food production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 71.08 to 177.49; higher is better.
Position 47th of 195 · derived.
Agricultural Emissions IntensityFAO · 2023 · world median 1.5651.461.565▼ Worsened since 2013
Brunei: 1.46 · world median 1.565 · Greenhouse gases from farming per value of agricultural output (kg CO₂eq per international dollar). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 28.2; lower is better.
Position 103rd of 190 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median1
Statistics on which Brunei does worse than the middle country measured.
Crop Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.2397.29106.23▼ Worsened since 2012
Brunei: 97.29 · world median 106.23 · Crop production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 53.79 to 189.93; higher is better.
Position 143rd of 195 · derived.
No better end13
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Livestock DensityFAO · 2023 · world median 0.53515.910.535No real change since 2013
Brunei: 15.91 · world median 0.535 · Livestock units per hectare of agricultural land. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 43.97.
Position 3rd of 188 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Cropland Nitrogen BalanceFAO · 2023 · world median 37.63476.5437.63No real change since 2013
Brunei: 476.54 · world median 37.63 · Nitrogen surplus (+) or deficit (−) on cropland, kg per hectare. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -555.52 to 1,199.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.7312.591.73Moved since 2014
Brunei: 12.59 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 25th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Fertilizer Consumption per HectareFAO · 2023 · world median 87.36177.2587.36Moved since 2013
Brunei: 177.25 · world median 87.36 · Fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare of arable land). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,926.
Position 47th of 188 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Agricultural Irrigated LandFAO · 2023 · world median 3.668.2353.66No earlier reading
Brunei: 8.235 · world median 3.66 · Irrigated share of agricultural land (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 89.04.
Position 39th of 121 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Fisheries and Aquaculture ProductionFAO · 2024 · world median 52,37517,69752,375Moved since 2014
Brunei: 17,697 · world median 52,375 · Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic animals caught or farmed, tonnes (live weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 70,500,841.
Agricultural EmissionsFAO · 2023 · world median 8,635367.718,635No real change since 2013
Brunei: 367.71 · world median 8,635 · Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,044,508.
Position 161st of 193 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Water Withdrawal by SectorFAO · 2022 · world median 62.145.76162.14No real change since 2012
Brunei: 5.761 · world median 62.14 · Freshwater withdrawn for agriculture (% of total). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.48.
Position 151st of 171 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Land Under Cereal ProductionFAO · 2023 · world median 689,2781,500689,278No real change since 2013
Brunei: 1,500 · world median 689,278 · Land under cereal production (hectares). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 103,715,108.
Position 162nd of 179 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 6.5721.1816.572Moved since 2015
Brunei: 1.181 · world median 6.572 · Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.025 to 47.59.
Position 143rd of 158 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Arable Land per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 0.1090.0090.109No real change since 2013
Brunei: 0.009 · world median 0.109 · Arable land (hectares per person). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1.459.
Position 190th of 206 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Employment in AgricultureILO · 2025 · world median 14.381.20114.38No real change since 2015
Brunei: 1.201 · world median 14.38 · Employment in agriculture (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.095 to 85.34.
Position 168th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Agricultural LandFAO · 2023 · world median 37.962.54337.96No real change since 2013
Brunei: 2.543 · world median 37.96 · Agricultural land (% of land area). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.445 to 86.48.
Position 203rd of 209 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Brunei
Cereal Import Dependency Ratio (last 2008), Dietary Energy Supply, Fish and Seafood Supply per Person, Fruit Supply per Person, Global Report on Food Crises, Legal Guarantees of Women's Equal Rights to Land, Meat Supply per Person, Organic Agricultural Area, Per Capita Food Supply Variability, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment, Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers (last 2008), Vegetable Supply per Person and Women's Share of Agricultural Landowners. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Food & Agriculture among Brunei’s 15 topics
Food & Agriculture is Brunei’s 5th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Risk & Resilience24th of 1933/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation44th of 1762/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions49th of 1943/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 72nd of 1824/4 keys
- Food & Agriculturejoint 73rd of 1843/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing82nd of 2002/4 keys
- Peace & Security76th of 1772/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital88th of 1963/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties100th of 1982/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 97th of 1832/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade96th of 1773/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge127th of 1982/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 133rd of 1983/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability146th of 1862/4 keys
- Energy140th of 1653/3 keys
No standing on Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on food & agriculture
The three countries placed highest of 184, and the leaders Brunei can most readily be measured against.
1
SerbiaSouthern Europe
1st of 184 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Lošmi derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
AustriaWestern Europe
2nd of 184 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0, greyscale
3
MaltaSouthern Europe
3rd of 184 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: Dirk Heldmaier derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Japan5th2/4 keysHighest in South-eastern Asia
Singapore8th2/4 keysThis page
Brunei=73rd3/4 keys
Positions out of 184 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Brunei on food & agriculture: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Brunei rank on food & agriculture?
Brunei is placed joint 73rd of 184 countries on Food & Agriculture in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), Cereal Yield and Agriculture Orientation Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) figure for Brunei?
3.14 in 2024 (current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators), according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The world median in the same edition was 3.14.
What is the latest Cereal Yield figure for Brunei?
2,467 in 2023 (cereal yield (kg per hectare)), according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The world median in the same edition was 3,072.
How does Brunei compare with Malaysia on food & agriculture?
Malaysia is placed joint 86th of 184, and Brunei joint 73rd. Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy): Malaysia 3.5, Brunei 3.14; Cereal Yield: Malaysia 3,524, Brunei 2,467; Agriculture Orientation Index: Malaysia 0.22, Brunei 0.64.
How have Brunei’s food & agriculture figures changed?
Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) rose from 3 in 2015 to 3.14 in 2024; Cereal Yield rose from 1,007 in 2000 to 2,467 in 2023; Agriculture Orientation Index rose from 0.61 in 2001 to 0.64 in 2024.
Which food & agriculture statistics are missing for Brunei?
No current reading is published for Brunei on Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Dietary Energy Supply, Fish and Seafood Supply per Person, Fruit Supply per Person, Global Report on Food Crises, Legal Guarantees of Women's Equal Rights to Land, Meat Supply per Person, Organic Agricultural Area, Per Capita Food Supply Variability, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment, Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, Vegetable Supply per Person and Women's Share of Agricultural Landowners. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
This subject is about production and land use, not about whether people are fed. Hunger, undernourishment and what a population actually eats are measured under Health & Wellbeing, and the two regularly disagree — a country can grow a great deal and still leave many people short, and one that grows little can be well fed by trade. The wider environmental cost of farming — emissions, water withdrawal, forest cover — is filed under Environment & Sustainability.
How the Food & Agriculture standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The food & agriculture method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Cereal Yield — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Dietary Energy Supply — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Agriculture Orientation Index — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 18 statistics on this page come from 3 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Brunei’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Brunei (banner) — kulimpapat derivative work: Inkey, CC BY 2.0
- Serbia — Lošmi derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Austria — chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Malta — Dirk Heldmaier derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Brunei: Food & Agriculture — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/brunei/food