Brunei vs the Cayman Islands: Economic Indicators Comparison

Brunei with a GDP of $13.6B ranked the 131st largest economy in the world, while the Cayman Islands ranked 158th with $5.1B. By GDP per capita, Brunei and the Cayman Islands ranked 32nd vs 6th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Brunei	Cayman Islands
GDP	$13.6B	$5.1B
GDP growth, 1 year	-0.2%	3.04%
GDP growth, 5-years average	-0.9%	N/A
Population	429k	58k
GDP per capita	$32k	$81k
GDP per capita growth	-0.99%	1.72%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.53	0.93
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.39	1.12
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$80k	$73k
GNI, Atlas method	$12.7B	$3B
GNI per capita	$30k	$47k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$35.3B	$2.8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$82k	$44k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Brunei	Cayman Islands
Income Tax Rate	0%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	18.5%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	0.1%	-0.6%
Inflation, GDP deflator	9.2%	1.9%
Unemployment	9.2%	4.2%
Economic Freedom Index	66.6	74
Personal Freedom Index	6.26	8.1
Human Freedom Index	6.66	8.1
Property Rights Index	69.8	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	56.8	N/A
Business Freedom Index	84.1	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	20	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	90.5	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	65	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	85	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	77.1	N/A
Government Spending Index	61.5	N/A
Tax Burden Index	89.8	N/A
Government Integrity Index	49.6	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	63	76
Life expectancy at birth, years	75.6	82.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	4.6	0.5
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	8	14
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	0.5	8.5
International tourism, number of arrivals	278k	463k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Brunei	Cayman Islands
Central government debt, % of GDP	2.5%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
External debt stocks	N/A	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	34.6%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	54.1%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	41.1%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$3.4B	$162.1M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$511.5M	$57.4B

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Brunei	Cayman Islands
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	51.9%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	42%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	$1.1B	-$997.9M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$200k	$0
Personal remittances received	N/A	$15.6M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	63.2%	7.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	1%	0.4%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$19.7M	$68M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	$9.3M
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	35.8%	N/A