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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Brunei: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Brunei is placed 96th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 23.13 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 1.1 (2024).
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Mobility & Trade
96th
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Brunei on mobility & trade — 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
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
23.13
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 135th of 177 by UNCTAD
Brunei: 23.13. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 625.94 Singapore
- Land neighbours
- Malaysia 523.33
1.1
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Brunei: 1.1. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 1.1 Brunei
- Land neighbours
- Malaysia 3.5
No reading
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
World Bank Group publishes no 2023 figure for Brunei, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 4.3 Singapore
- Land neighbours
- Malaysia 3.6
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
0.06
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
Brunei: 0.06. Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 43.57 Philippines
- Land neighbours
- Malaysia 35.21
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.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
BruneiWorld median
Brunei rose from 20.68 in 2006 to 23.36 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Brunei World median 2026 23.4 56.21 2025 23.1 60.84 2024 21.6 55.22 2023 25.0 54.78 2022 23.9 51.49 2021 22.6 52.64 2020 20.4 47.86 2019 22.2 51.05 2018 18.7 52.03 2017 21.1 49.87 2016 23.5 48.09 2015 24.3 49.13 2014 28.0 48.08 2013 24.0 51.32 2012 26.2 47.44 2011 25.2 50.26 2010 26.8 50.51 2009 22.4 53.04 2008 18.2 51.68 2007 19.2 55.78 2006 20.7 52.25 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
BruneiWorld median
Brunei fell from 0.22 in 2001 to 0.06 in 2024; the world median went from 0.49 to 0.975.
Every year’s figures
Year Brunei World median 2024 0.06 0.975000 2023 0.03 0.690000 2022 0.03 0.565000 2021 0.04 0.550000 2020 0.04 0.680000 2019 0.07 0.625000 2018 0.17 0.480000 2017 0.18 0.630000 2016 0.80 0.865000 2015 0.19 0.790000 2014 0.18 0.760000 2013 0.13 0.645000 2012 0.28 0.630000 2011 0.35 0.535000 2010 0.41 0.560000 2009 0.22 0.780000 2008 0.16 0.595000 2007 0.23 0.660000 2006 0.13 0.445000 2005 — 0.570000 2004 0.30 0.535000 2003 0.29 0.530000 2002 0.11 0.510000 2001 0.22 0.490000 2000 — 0.430000
03In context
Brunei beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Brunei and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Malaysia | 6th | 523.33 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 35.21 |
| Brunei | 96th | 23.13 | 1.1 | — | 0.06 |
“—”: 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 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Brunei in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Brunei is ahead of the world, and behind
23 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, 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 median1
Statistics on which Brunei does better than the middle country measured.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4563.7934.456No earlier reading
Brunei: 3.793 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 103rd of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median3
Statistics on which Brunei does worse than the middle country measured.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.2710.206▲ Improved since 2015
Brunei: 0.271 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 44th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2024 · world median 0.0790.1850.079No real change since 2018
Brunei: 0.185 · world median 0.079 · FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.567; lower is better.
Position 28th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.424.65925.42▲ Improved since 2014
Brunei: 4.659 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 156th of 170 · derived.
No better end19
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3471.5736.34Moved since 2015
Brunei: 71.57 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 20th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.08925.926.089No real change since 2015
Brunei: 25.92 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.27917.245.279Moved since 2013
Brunei: 17.24 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.68123.6179.68Moved since 2015
Brunei: 123.61 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 32nd of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.4280.306Moved since 2015
Brunei: 0.428 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23110.7103.23Moved since 2015
Brunei: 110.7 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7252.0441.72Moved since 2015
Brunei: 52.04 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 54th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Foreign Value Added Share of Gross ExportsOECD · 2022 · world median 27.4130.9227.41Moved since 2012
Brunei: 30.92 · world median 27.41 · Foreign value added (% of gross exports). OECD, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 4.491 to 66.08.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1778.9967.17Moved since 2014
Brunei: 78.99 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.1330-0.133Moved since 2013
Brunei: 0 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,323119,933223,323No real change since 2015
Brunei: 119,933 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1711.4676.171Moved since 2014
Brunei: 1.467 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,45146,552444,451No real change since 2015
Brunei: 46,552 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.7317.5275.73Moved since 2016
Brunei: 17.5 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.6022.8649.602Moved since 2015
Brunei: 2.864 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,83601,836No real change since 2015
Brunei: 0 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2350.0071.235Moved since 2014
Brunei: 0.007 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,269012,269No real change since 2015
Brunei: 0 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.660.013.66No real change since 2014
Brunei: 0.01 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
No current reading for Brunei
Cereal Import Dependency Ratio (last 2008), Container Port Traffic (last 2023), Cost of Sending Remittances, Freedom of Foreign Movement, ICT Services Exports, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary (last 2023) and Logistics Performance Index (last 2018). 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
Mobility & Trade among Brunei’s 15 topics
Mobility & Trade is Brunei’s 11th 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 mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Brunei can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Singapore1st4/4 keysThis page
Brunei96th3/4 keys
Positions out of 177 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.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Brunei and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Brunei on mobility & trade: 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 mobility & trade?
Brunei is placed 96th of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and ICT Goods Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Brunei?
23.13 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Brunei?
1.1 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does Brunei compare with Malaysia on mobility & trade?
Malaysia is placed 6th of 177, and Brunei 96th. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: Malaysia 523.33, Brunei 23.13; Container Import Dwell Time: Malaysia 3.5, Brunei 1.1; ICT Goods Exports: Malaysia 35.21, Brunei 0.06.
How have Brunei’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 20.68 in 2006 to 23.36 in 2026; ICT Goods Exports fell from 0.22 in 2001 to 0.06 in 2024.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Brunei?
No current reading is published for Brunei on Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Container Port Traffic, Cost of Sending Remittances, Freedom of Foreign Movement, ICT Services Exports, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary and Logistics Performance Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade 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 mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 23 statistics on this page come from 6 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
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Brunei: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/brunei/mobility