Southeast Asia
Brunei
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Brunei's #10 import source (world lens). Brunei is the EU's #161 goods supplier.
Brunei on the world stage
Total imports
$7.3bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$11.3bn
140 partners
#1 import source
Malaysia
33.7%
#1 export dest.
Australia
19.8%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Brunei and the EU
EU imports from
€28m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€286m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #161 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 10.38
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
28
EUR/MWh
Consumer
6
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
893
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Subsidised fuel monocultureMarket model
Vertically integrated state utility
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
Ministry of Energy (MEMI) / DES
A subsidised single-fuel gas monoculture: abundant cheap domestic gas plus deep consumer subsidies, the highest per-capita consumption in ASEAN, strip out any price signal to diversify or decarbonise.
Tracked infrastructure
2 gas plants
212 MW
4 coal plants
220 MW
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
32.2
→ 41.3 by 2050
Fertility
1.73
below replacement
Working-age
72.3%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
9.5
→ 29.7 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 0.46M · peaks 2055
By 2050: +13% (0.52M)