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Latest Highlights                Q1 2025

 

1. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Flows

FDI flows into Brunei Darussalam amounted to BND355.2 million. This growth was driven by an increase in equity, valued at BND70.3 million, due to higher reinvested earnings and capital injections, as well as debt instruments amounting to BND284.9 million, as FDI companies in Brunei Darussalam incurred new debts (loans) from their parent and sister companies abroad. 

The highest FDI flows into Brunei Darussalam were recorded in the Manufacturing sector, totaling BND293.0 million. This was followed by the Construction sector with BND36.1 million, and the Financial and Insurance activities with BND34.8 million.


2. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Stock:

FDI stock increased by 5.2 per cent, from BND8,567.6 million in Q4 2024 to BND9,010.8 in Q1 2025. This increase was primarily driven by equity investments which rose by 1.8 per cent to BND7,216.8 million, and debt instruments, which increased by 21.5 per cent (BND1,794.0 million).

The Manufacturing sector remained the largest contributor to FDI stock in Q1 2025, accounting for 42.2 per cent, followed by the Mining and Quarrying sector at 33.6 per cent, and the Financial and Insurance Activities at 14.4 per cent. Hong Kong SAR was the main contributor to FDI stock in Brunei Darussalam in Q1 2025, accounting for 37.8 per cent, followed by the United Kingdom at 29.4 per cent and the Netherlands at 12.1 per cent.





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​Summary Data


​​  ​​ 2023
​​2024
2025

​​​ BND Million Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Q1 ​Q2
​Q3
​Q4​
​Total​​
Q1

Foreign Direct Investment Flows 
by Component​



​​     Equity
116.0-24.5115.3130.1336.9167.749.5​
61.2
-492.1​
-213.7​
70.3
     Debt Instruments-351.2-396.1-31.0372.8-405.5-431.8 ​-36.3234.2​
482.1​​
248.2​​
284.9
Total FDI Flows -235.2 -420.6 84.3 502.9 -68.6 -264.113.​2
295.4​
-10.0​​
34.5​​​
355.2


 

 ​  ​​​2023​​ ​2024​​ ​

​​​2025
Year-on-Year​ Change % ​​

BND Million Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
Q3​
Q4​​
Q1
​​​​​​​​​​​​Foreign Direct Investment Stock

by Component​

     Equity7,506.37,500.97,591.57,728.67,450.17,512.7​7,575.3
7,090.6
7,216.8
1.8
​     Debt Instruments1,084.8698.8857.51,232.2815.9769.7​997.1
1,477.0​
1,794.0
21.5
Total FDI Stock 8,591.1 8,199.7 8,449.0 8,960.8 8,266.08,282.4
8,572.4 8,567.6​9,010.8
5.2


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