Cereal yield vs. GDP per capita in Brunei
Brunei: Cereal yield vs. GDP per capita was 2.47 kg per hectare in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereal yield vs. GDP per capita in Brunei, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
In 2023, cereal yield vs. gdp per capita in Brunei stood at 2.47 kg per hectare.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 68.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. gdp per capita in Brunei peaked at 3 kg per hectare in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.7443 kg per hectare, in 2005.
That places Brunei 104th out of 180 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cereal yield vs. GDP per capita in Brunei, year by year
| Year | kg per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.73 kg per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 1.85 kg per hectare | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 1.37 kg per hectare | -26.0% |
| 1964 | 1.32 kg per hectare | -3.5% |
| 1965 | 1.17 kg per hectare | -11.3% |
| 1966 | 1.39 kg per hectare | +18.6% |
| 1967 | 1.59 kg per hectare | +14.0% |
| 1968 | 1.59 kg per hectare | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 1.86 kg per hectare | +17.1% |
| 1970 | 1.96 kg per hectare | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 1.6 kg per hectare | -18.3% |
| 1972 | 1.62 kg per hectare | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 2.43 kg per hectare | +49.9% |
| 1974 | 2.9 kg per hectare | +19.7% |
| 1975 | 2.72 kg per hectare | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 1.96 kg per hectare | -27.7% |
| 1977 | 1.5 kg per hectare | -23.5% |
| 1978 | 1.59 kg per hectare | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 2.18 kg per hectare | +36.7% |
| 1980 | 1.38 kg per hectare | -36.6% |
| 1981 | 1.36 kg per hectare | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 1.48 kg per hectare | +8.7% |
| 1983 | 1.58 kg per hectare | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 1.56 kg per hectare | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 1.24 kg per hectare | -20.4% |
| 1986 | 2.14 kg per hectare | +72.3% |
| 1987 | 1.06 kg per hectare | -50.2% |
| 1988 | 2.17 kg per hectare | +104.0% |
| 1989 | 2.23 kg per hectare | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 1.55 kg per hectare | -30.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8125 kg per hectare | -47.6% |
| 1992 | 0.7857 kg per hectare | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 0.8 kg per hectare | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.8 kg per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8 kg per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7778 kg per hectare | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 0.7778 kg per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.7778 kg per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.7895 kg per hectare | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 1.01 kg per hectare | +27.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8924 kg per hectare | -11.3% |
| 2002 | 0.8881 kg per hectare | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8193 kg per hectare | -7.7% |
| 2004 | 0.7935 kg per hectare | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.7443 kg per hectare | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 0.7952 kg per hectare | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9007 kg per hectare | +13.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8214 kg per hectare | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 0.7737 kg per hectare | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 1 kg per hectare | +29.2% |
| 2011 | 1.47 kg per hectare | +46.7% |
| 2012 | 1.38 kg per hectare | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 1.46 kg per hectare | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 1.62 kg per hectare | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 2.38 kg per hectare | +47.6% |
| 2016 | 1.71 kg per hectare | -28.1% |
| 2017 | 1.77 kg per hectare | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 2 kg per hectare | +13.0% |
| 2019 | 2.09 kg per hectare | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 3 kg per hectare | +43.5% |
| 2021 | 2.73 kg per hectare | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 2.4 kg per hectare | -12.2% |
| 2023 | 2.47 kg per hectare | +2.8% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 2.47 kg per hectare is below the median for high income countries, which is 5.22 kg per hectare, 47% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 2.47 kg per hectare is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.75 kg per hectare, 66% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereal yield vs. GDP per capita in Brunei changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +104.0% | 1.06 kg per hectare | 2.17 kg per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.54 kg per hectare | 1.17 kg per hectare | 1.86 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.05 kg per hectare | 1.5 kg per hectare | 2.9 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.62 kg per hectare | 1.06 kg per hectare | 2.23 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8671 kg per hectare | 0.7778 kg per hectare | 1.55 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8435 kg per hectare | 0.7443 kg per hectare | 1.01 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.69 kg per hectare | 1 kg per hectare | 2.38 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.65 kg per hectare | 2.4 kg per hectare | 3 kg per hectare | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
More agriculture & rural data for Brunei
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -1.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 177.58 million current US$ (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0118 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2499 units per person (2025)
- Rural population 116,531 (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. gdp per capita in Brunei?
- Cereal yield vs. gdp per capita in Brunei was 2.47 kg per hectare in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. gdp per capita recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 3 kg per hectare in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. gdp per capita recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7443 kg per hectare in 2005.
- How does Brunei rank for cereal yield vs. gdp per capita?
- Brunei ranks 104th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereal yield vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brunei data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average cereal yield, measured in tonnes per hectare versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. GDP per capita is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.