home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
TIME: Almanac 1990
/
1990 Time Magazine Compact Almanac, The (1991)(Time).iso
/
time
/
world
/
b
/
brunei.4
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1991-04-07
|
2KB
|
59 lines
Economy
Overview: 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 70% of GDP.
Per capita GDP of $9,600 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.
GDP: $3.3 billion, per capita $9,600; real growth rate 2.5%
(1989 est.).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5% (1989 est.).
Unemployment: 2.5%, shortage of skilled labor (1989 est.).
Budget: revenues $1.2 billion (1987); expenditures $1.6
billion, including capital expenditures of NA (1989 est.).
Exports: $2.07 billion (f.o.b., 1987); commodities--crude oil,
liquefied natural gas, petroleum products; partners--Japan 55%
(1986).
Imports: $800 million (c.i.f., 1987); commodities--machinery
and transport equipment, manufactured goods; food, beverages,
tobacco; consumer goods; partners--Singapore 31%, US 20%,
Japan 6% (1986).
External debt: none.
Industrial production: growth rate NA%.
Electricity: 310,000 kW capacity; 890 million kWh produced,
2,580 kWh per capita (1989).
Industries: petroleum, liquefied natural gas, construction.
Agriculture: imports about 80% of its food needs; principal
crops and livestock include rice, cassava, bananas, buffaloes,
and pigs.
Aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-87), $20.6 million;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-87), $143.7 million.
Currency: Bruneian dollar (plural--dollars); 1 Bruneian
dollar (B$) = 100 cents.
Exchange rates: Bruneian dollars (B$) per US$1--1.8895 (January
1990), 1.9503 (1989), 2.0124 (1988), 2.1060 (1987), 2.1774
(1986), 2.2002 (1985); note--the Bruneian dollar is at par
with the Singapore dollar.
Fiscal year: calendar year.