Balance of Payment
Latest Highlights H1 2026
Balance of Payments (BOP) recorded a deficit of BND702.3 million widened in H1 2026 compared to BND434.6 million in H1 2025. The current account recorded a surplus of BND2,044.6 million, with an expansion in exports of goods during the period.
The financial account yielded net outflows of BND2,474.0 million in H1 2026 compared to BND2,356.3 million in H1 2025.
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Summary Data
BND million
| | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | H1 2026 p |
| Current Account | 4,501.0 | 2,611.0 | 2,986.2 | 3,536.3 | 2,630.4 |
| Goods | 7,105.3 | 5,103.2 | 4,960.4 | 5,247.1 | 4,044.0 |
| Exports | 19,484.0 | 15,094.1 | 14,802.3 | 13,463.1 | 9,121.0 |
| Imports | 12,378.6 | 9,990.9 | 9,841.8 | 8,216.0 | 5,077.0 |
| Services | -1,169.5 | -1,749.3 | -1,784.4 | -1,407.6 | -1,054.8 |
| Receipts | 388.2 | 456.6 | 547.2 | 604.8 | 246.0 |
| Payments | 1,557.7 | 2,205.9 | 2,331.6 | 2,012.4 | 1,300.8 |
| Primary Income | -509.7 | 260.6 | 655.5 | 636.1 | 111.9 |
| Receipts | 757.4 | 1,286.2 | 1,335.0 | 1,308.3 | 1,180.6 |
| Compensation of employees | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Investment Income | 756.2 | 1,285.0 | 1,338.8 | 1,307.1 | 1,180.0 |
| Other Primary Income | – | – | – | – | – |
| Payments | 1,267.1 | 1,025.6 | 679.5 | 672.2 | 1,068.7 |
| Compensation of employees | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 7.2 |
| Investment Income | 1,252.7 | 1,011.2 | 665.1 | 657.8 | 1,061.5 |
| Other Primary Income | – | – | – | – | – |
| Secondary income | -925.2 | -1,003.4 | -845.3 | -939.3 | -470.7 |
| Receipts | 67.1 | 77.2 | 89.6 | 76.8 | 45.9 |
| Payments | 992.3 | 1,080.7 | 934.9 | 1,016.1 | 516.6 |
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| Capital Account | – | – | – | – | – |
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| Financial Account | 3,290.7 | 2,473.4 | 2,406.2 | 2,356.3 | 2,474.0 |
| Direct Investment Abroad | |||||
| Direct Investment in Brunei | -403.2 | -68.6 | 34.5 | 219.8 | 953.7 |
| Portfolio Investment Assets | 628.7 | -363.8 | 975.4 | -766.0 | 177.9 |
| Portfolio Investment Liabilities | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Investment Assets | 1,196.5 | 1,841.2 | 1,611.1 | 1,574.5 | 2,952.8 |
| Other Investment Liabilities | -1,062.3 | -927.5 | 145.8 | -1,767.6 | 297.0 |
| Current+capital-financial account balance | 1,210.3 | 137.6 | 580.0 | -1,180.0 | 156.4 |
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| Net Errors and Omissions | -1,103.6 | -1,076.0 | -729.3 | -733.1 | -858.7 |
| Reserve Assets | 106.6 | -938.4 | -149.4 | 446.9 | -702.3 |