Brunei Darussalam's Economy & Society

Introduction

• Russia-Ukraine war
• COVID-19
• Overview
• Doing business

• Economic conditions
• Labor force
• Business environment

• Trade in goods
• Commercial services
• Investments

• Population
• Income
• Human Development Index

• Health infrastructure
• Health finance

• Consumer behavior
• eCommerce
• FinTech

• Digital
• Transport

• CO2 emissions
• Particulate exposure

• Political profile
• Government quality

• Conflict and violence

Introduction

• Russia-Ukraine war in a nutshell
• Global economic impacts of war
• Russia and Ukraine in the global economy
• Country-specific impacts of war
• COVID-19 outbreak
• Fiscal policy in response to the pandemic
• Country overview
• Religious affiliation
• Land use out of total area
• Ethnic groups
• Population in major urban areas
• Business culture

• Current GDP over time
• Current GDP per capita worldwide
• Inflation and central bank interest rates
• Expenditure in % of GDP
• Central government debt in country and region
• Impact of the pandemic on the working hours
• Total labor force over time and by gender
• Unemployment over time in country and in region
• Unemployment by gender
• Employment by sector
• Educational attainment of population
• Time to start a business
• Time to register property
• Time to fulfill tax requirements
• Time to resolve insolvency
• Time to export
• Time to import
• Efficiency of customs clearance

• Export flows of goods
• Import flows of goods
• Structure of export value of goods
• Structure of import value of goods
• Export flows of goods by sector
• Import flows of goods by sector
• Export flows of services
• Import flows of services
• Structure of export value of services
• Structure of import value of services
• Export flows of services by sector
• Import flows of services by sector
• Applied tariff for different products
• Inward/outward FDI values
• Policy for foreign investment by sector

• Population projection
• Population distribution
• Population growth, total population, and GDP per capita in region
• Total population worldwide
• Distribution of income over time
• Human Development Index

• Fertility rate and life expectancy
• Smoking prevalance, alcohol consumption, obesety
• Physicians and hospitals
• Hospital beds; basic sanitation
• Total healthcare spending, healthcare spending per capita
• Healthcare expenditure private and public sector, voluntary health insurance schemes

• Presence of international grocery chains
• Consumer spending by category and over time
• Digital expenditures as share of consumer spending per capita
• Total digital revenues
• eCommerce revenue growth, ARPU and eCommerce penetration
• eCommerce revenues by segment
• Products mostly bought online by gender
• FinTech transaction value by segment

• Internet penetration in country and region
• Mobile phone subscriptions per 1 inhabitants
• Fixed broadband subscriptions per 1 inhabitants
• Internet penetration worldwide
• Passenger Volume and
• Freight transportation

• Territorial CO2 emissions
• GDP per capita, CO2 emissions per capita
• Mean exposure to PM2.5 in micrograms by country
• Mean exposure to PM2.5 in micrograms by province/region over time
• Climate risk index

• Political profile
• Gender equality, Gay index, freedom of press, corruption index
• Efficiency of control of corruption
• Rule of law
• Regulatory quality

• Governance against political instability and threat of violence/terrorism
• Military expenses in USD
• Military expenses as % of GDP