Work & Labour in Brunei

298 indicators covering work & labour for Brunei.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Unemployment with intermediate education 4.8% 2024 down 36.5% 86th
Unemployment with basic education, female 6.7% 2024 down 28.3% 72nd
Unemployment with advanced education 5.3% 2024 up 17.6% 54th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 5.7% 2024 down 38.1% 82nd
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 2.58 2024 unchanged 67th
Level of national compliance with labor rights 2.58 score 2024 unchanged 67th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 19.0% 2024 up 11.3% 46th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 4.2% 2024 down 32.9% 77th
Labor force with basic education, female 32.7% 2024 down 32.4% 73rd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 22.3% 2024 up 16.4% 49th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 16.3% 2024 up 6.2% 32nd
Labor force with basic education, male 52.9% 2024 down 23.5% 80th
Labor force with basic education 43.7% 2024 down 26.9% 75th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 59.9% 2024 down 2.6% 45th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 78.4% 2024 up 6.8% 35th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 70.2% 2024 up 3.5% 36th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 5.0% 2024 up 18.3% 47th
Labor force with advanced education, male 84.1% 2024 down 5.1% 52nd
Labor force with advanced education 81.5% 2024 down 4.7% 32nd
Labor force with advanced education, female 79.2% 2024 down 4.3% 38th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 52.1% 2024 down 3.7% 80th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 69.1% 2024 up 0.9% 73rd
Unemployment with advanced education, female 5.7% 2024 up 16.8% 55th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 61.1% 2024 down 0.5% 71st
Cases of non-fatal occupational injury 125 1986 down 18.3% 119th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 30.3% 2024 up 11.3% 93rd
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 35.0% 2024 up 16.3% 93rd
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 24.7% 2024 up 3.5% 96th
Part time employment, female 24.1% 2024 down 7.6% 60th
Part time employment, male 14.9% 2024 down 17.3% 53rd
Part time employment, total 18.6% 2024 down 13.5% 60th
Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) 31.9% 2025 up 4.2% 177th
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th 6.9% 2024 up 89.9% 117th
Unemployment rate, by sex and age - 13th ICLS 4.9% 2024 down 29.0% 98th
Incidence of part-time employment 9.28 2024 down 33.6% 103rd
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO) 20.45 2024 up 14.3% 109th
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 19.09 2024 up 15.6% 51st
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO) 12.63 2024 down 0.7% 104th
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 19.05 2024 up 11.3% 43rd
Employees 203.88 2024 up 17.3% 103rd
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 46.29 2024 down 1.6% 9th
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 47.47 2024 down 0.9% 13th
Average weekly hours usually worked per employed person 46.48 2024 down 0.7% 6th
Average weekly hours usually worked per employee 47.78 2024 up 0.3% 8th
Days lost due to cases of occupational injury with temporary 7,913 1986 down 4.7% 72nd
Unemployment rate 4.75 2031 down 3.1% 12th
Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment 6.9% 2024 up 89.9% 109th
Female share of employment in senior and middle management 36.4% 2024 up 12.1% 45th
Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of) 2.58 2024 unchanged 73rd
Own-account workers, total 4.5% 2016 up 12.9% 180th
Public sector employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 67.43 2024 down 24.0% 82nd
LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 7.84 2024 down 26.0% 58th
Time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 6.96 2024 down 9.1% 84th
Time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 3.12 2024 down 22.2% 46th
Discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1.28 2024 down 51.1% 82nd
LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 7.43 2024 down 38.2% 51st
Potential labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 6.47 2024 down 46.1% 83rd
Employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 61.12 2024 down 0.5% 27th
Labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 234.39 2024 up 14.4% 74th
Persons outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 130.41 2024 up 23.5% 72nd