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The oil-dominated economy of Brunei has long utilized migrant labor to respond to the needs for skills. Already in 1986 temporary migrants were 32 percent of the labor force, and in 1988 immigrant labor was 71 percent of the workforce in the private sector. Migrants come mostly from Southeast Asian countries and should constitute 35 percent of total employment in the year 2000.

SOCIAL INDICATORS

ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Human Development Index Rank (1999) 25 Growth Rate of GDP, 1998 2.5
Gender Development Index Rank (1999) 25 Per Capita GNP (US$), 1997 20,400
Population (k) 1999 326 Changes in Consumer Prices, 1998 2.5
Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) 1999 2.7 Balance of Trade ($ million), 1998
Life Expectancy (male/female) 1999 74/78 Balance of Payment on Current Acc., 1998 (b) 0.8
Secondary Education (% age group) 1997 68 Foreign Direct Investment ($ million), 1997
Infant mortality 8 Savings (% of GDP) 35