Brunei Darussalam · Bandar Seri Begawan · 491.9K people · east-n-southeast-asia
Governmentabsolute monarchy or sultanateLanguagesMalay (Bahasa Melayu) (official), English, Chinese dialectsArea5.8K km²Sanctioned entities1Active conflicts1Mentions 7d6 ▼ 33%CIA· Jan 2026
Stability Score?How the stability score is computedA weighted composite of seven pillars— conflict intensity, event volatility, arms activity, economic health, market stress, sanctions exposure, and humanitarian proxy. Each pillar is scored 0–100 (higher = healthier). The composite is weighted (conflict 25%, economy 20%, events 15%, the rest 10% each) and recomputed daily from strategic events, World Bank indicators, arms-transfer data, and sanctions records.
arms imports: 0total value usd: $0conflict amplified: no
Economic Health
84/100 · 20% wt
gdp growth pct: 4.05%inflation pct: -0.39%unemployment pct: 5.18%
Market Stress
100/100 · 10% wt
total signals 30d: 2negative signals 30d: 0
Sanctions Exposure
100/100 · 10% wt
sanctioned entities: 1is sanctioning power: no
Humanitarian Proxy
79/100 · 10% wt
life expectancy: 75.5literacy rate: —
Risk matrix5 enterprise-decision dimensions · derived from the 7 stability pillars · higher = more risk
Political
21Stable
Security
0Stable
Economic
9Stable
Regulatory
0Stable
Operational
0Stable
Risk dimensions are derived from the 7 stability pillars. Higher score = more risk (inverted from the stability score, where higher = healthier). Operational is a weighted composite intended for enterprise-decision use.
Latest dispatches10 in country corpus · sources come online as coverage grows
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Think tanks · this country1 article from research institutions tracking Brunei
This profile draws from four data tiers. Baseline facts (geography, languages, religion) are from the CIA World Factbook snapshot of January 2026 — the final snapshot before the website was retired. Economic indicators refresh daily from the World Bank. Events, conflicts, dispatches, and entity mentions flow continuously from our continuous intelligence graph — sources come online as we add them. Intelligence briefs are generated daily under ICD 203 analytic-tradecraft standards.
Coverage of Brunei will sharpen as we add local-language sources. Every field above carries a provenance chip so you can judge freshness for yourself.
