🇧🇳 Brunei National Debt Clock
Live tracker for Brunei government debt. The national debt currently stands at approximately $249,468,789, growing at $0.11 per second based on IMF projections. Debt-to-GDP: 2%. Per-citizen share: $537.
Among the 194 governments tracked here, Brunei ranks 193rd by debt-to-GDP, 186th by total debt and 172nd by debt per person.
Brunei's Debt Trajectory (2015–2025)
Brunei's ratio has declined from its high for the period of 3% (2015) to roughly 2% at end-2025. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026, general government gross debt.
Brunei Net Debt and Interest
The IMF publishes no net debt figure for Brunei, so only the gross figure can be shown. Brunei's interest paid and received roughly cancelled out in 2025, on the IMF's figures.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026, general government, 2025, mostly IMF estimates. Net debt leaves out equity holdings, and what counts as an asset varies by country. Net interest is the primary balance minus the overall balance. A government in default or arrears can show a low figure that understates what it owes. Data · method.
About Brunei's National Debt
Brunei's debt-to-GDP ratio of 2% is low by international standards: higher than 1% of the 194 governments tracked here. No ratio is safe or dangerous on its own — whether a debt is sustainable depends on the interest rate on it, how fast the economy grows, the currency it is owed in and who holds it. By total government debt, Brunei ranks 186th of the 194 governments tracked here.
At the current borrowing rate of $0.11 per second, Brunei adds about $10 thousand to its government debt every day — roughly $3 million per year. Each of Brunei's 0 million residents carries an individual share of approximately $537. That is below the world average of roughly $14,700 in government debt per person.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock by linear extrapolation from each country's baseline figure, named in the source line on this page (for most countries, the IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026). Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Brunei National Debt — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Brunei's national debt right now?
Brunei's national debt is approximately $249,468,789 as of November 8, 2026, growing at $0.11 per second. Its debt-to-GDP ratio is 2% and each citizen's share is about $537.
How fast is Brunei's debt growing?
Brunei's government debt is growing at approximately $0.11 per second — about $10 thousand per day — derived from the IMF's projections for 2026.
What is Brunei's debt per capita?
Each of Brunei's 0 million residents carries a notional share of approximately $537 of the national debt.
What is Brunei's debt-to-GDP ratio?
Brunei's debt-to-GDP ratio is 2%. That is higher than 1% of the 194 governments tracked here.
How much interest does Brunei pay on its debt?
Brunei's interest paid and received roughly cancelled out in 2025, on the IMF's figures.
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Data & Citation
Source: IMF WEO October 2026 (GGXWDG, end-2025 stock) · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 246,507,970 + 0.11 × seconds_since(2026-01-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=bn (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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