Summary
- Brunei → Malaysia
- $619million
- Malaysia → Brunei
- $2.5billion
- Brunei’s balance
- -$1.8billion
Balance
Brunei’s trade balance with Malaysia
Trade between Brunei and Malaysia grew 11.1-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Brunei’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.6
- Imports 2.5
- Balance -1.8
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $3 million | $274 million | -$271 million |
| 1996 | $4 million | $303 million | -$299 million |
| 1997 | $72 million | $333 million | -$261 million |
| 1998 | $16 million | $323 million | -$307 million |
| 1999 | $11 million | $199 million | -$188 million |
| 2000 | $3 million | $238 million | -$235 million |
| 2001 | $17 million | $277 million | -$260 million |
| 2002 | $125 million | $246 million | -$121 million |
| 2003 | $175 million | $307 million | -$132 million |
| 2004 | $43 million | $299 million | -$255 million |
| 2005 | $12 million | $332 million | -$321 million |
| 2006 | $97 million | $385 million | -$289 million |
| 2007 | $123 million | $423 million | -$301 million |
| 2008 | $108 million | $526 million | -$418 million |
| 2009 | $102 million | $511 million | -$410 million |
| 2010 | $80 million | $636 million | -$556 million |
| 2011 | $117 million | $690 million | -$574 million |
| 2012 | $92 million | $743 million | -$650 million |
| 2013 | $379 million | $834 million | -$455 million |
| 2014 | $316 million | $800 million | -$485 million |
| 2015 | $309 million | $761 million | -$452 million |
| 2016 | $255 million | $609 million | -$354 million |
| 2017 | $626 million | $590 million | $37 million |
| 2018 | $459 million | $585 million | -$126 million |
| 2019 | $511 million | $641 million | -$130 million |
| 2020 | $459 million | $940 million | -$482 million |
| 2021 | $646 million | $1.9 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2022 | $1.3 billion | $2.2 billion | -$921 million |
| 2023 | $646 million | $2 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2024 | $619 million | $2.5 billion | -$1.8 billion |
What they sell each other
What Brunei sells to Malaysia
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Malaysia sells to Brunei
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Muara and Port Klang is 974 nautical miles (1,804 km) long: ≈ 2.5–3 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Malaysia was Brunei’s largest trading partner (16% of its trade), and Brunei was Malaysia’s 26th (0.4%).
- Malaysia in Brunei’s trade
- 16%
- Malaysia’s rank among Brunei’s partners
- 1st
- Brunei in Malaysia’s trade
- 0.4%
- Brunei’s rank among Malaysia’s partners
- 26th
Compare with
Other partners of Brunei
Other partners of Malaysia
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.