Unemployment rate: Brunei
5.277% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.277 |
| 2024 | 5.18 |
| 2023 | 5.296 |
| 2022 | 5.191 |
| 2021 | 4.905 |
| 2020 | 7.409 |
| 2019 | 6.6 |
| 2018 | 8.7 |
| 2017 | 9.316 |
| 2016 | 8.537 |
| 2015 | 7.703 |
| 2014 | 6.862 |
| 2013 | 6.709 |
| 2012 | 6.571 |
| 2011 | 6.506 |
| 2010 | 6.487 |
| 2009 | 6.457 |
| 2008 | 6.312 |
| 2007 | 6.187 |
| 2006 | 6.061 |
| 2005 | 5.973 |
| 2004 | 5.847 |
| 2003 | 5.743 |
| 2002 | 5.652 |
| 2001 | 5.558 |
| 2000 | 5.53 |
| 1999 | 5.415 |
| 1998 | 5.356 |
| 1997 | 5.204 |
| 1996 | 5.153 |
| 1995 | 5.066 |
| 1994 | 5.007 |
| 1993 | 4.903 |
| 1992 | 4.791 |
| 1991 | 4.7 |