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in the Third World, and

       substantial income from overseas investment supplements domestic

       production. The government provides for all medical services and

       subsidizes food and housing.

       National product:

       GDP - exchange rate conversion - $2.5 billion (1991 est.)

       National product real growth rate:

       1% (1991)

       National product per capita:

       $9,000 (1991 est.)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       2% (1993 est.)

       Unemployment rate:

       3.7% (1989)

       Budget:

       revenues:

       $1.3 billion

       expenditures:

       $1.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $255 million (1989

       est.)

       Exports:

       $2.3 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

       commodities:

       crude oil, liquefied natural gas, petroleum products

       partners:

       Japan 53%, UK 12%, South Korea 9%, Thailand 7%, Singapore 5% (1990)

       Imports:

       $2 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

       commodities:

       machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals

       partners:

       Singapore 35%, UK 26%, Switzerland 9%, US 9%, Japan 5% (1990)

       External debt:

       $0

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 12.9% (1987); accounts for 52.4% of GDP

       Electricity:

       capacity:

       310,000 kW

       production:

       890 million kWh

       consumption per capita:

       3,300 kWh (1990)

       Industries:

       petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction

       Agriculture:

       imports about 80% of its food needs; principal crops and livestock

       include rice, cassava, bananas, buffaloes, and pigs

       Economic aid:

       recipient:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70–87), $20.6 million; Western

       (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970–89), $153

       million

       Currency:

       1 Bruneian dollar (B$) = 100 cents

       Exchange rates:

       Bruneian dollars (B$) per US$1 - 1.6032 (January 1994), 1.6158 (1993),

       1.6290 (1992), 1.7276 (1991), 1.8125 (1990), 1.9503 (1989); note - the

       Bruneian dollar is at par with the Singapore dollar

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      @Brunei, Communications

      Railroads:

       13 km 0.610-meter narrow-gauge private line

       Highways:

       total:

       1,090 km

       paved:

       bituminous 370 km (with another 52 km under construction)

       unpaved:

       gravel or earth 720 km

       Inland waterways:

       209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 meters

       Pipelines:

       crude oil 135 km; petroleum products 418 km; natural gas 920 km

       Ports:

       Kuala Belait, Muara

       Merchant marine:

       7 liquefied gas carriers (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 348,476

       GRT/340,635 DWT

       Airports:

       total:

       2

       usable:

       2

       with permanent-surface runways:

       1

       with runway over 3,659 m:

       1

       with runway 2,440–3,659 m:

       0

       with runway 1,220–2,439 m:

       1

       Telecommunications:

       service throughout country is adequate for present needs;

       international service good to adjacent Malaysia; radiobroadcast

       coverage good; 33,000 telephones (1987); broadcast stations - 4 AM/FM,

       1 TV; 74,000 radio receivers (1987); satellite earth stations - 1

       Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT

      @Brunei, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Land Force, Navy, Air Force, Royal Brunei Police

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 79,486; fit for military service 46,258; reach

       military age (18) annually 2,756 (1994 est.)

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $300 million, 9% of GDP (1990)

      @Bulgaria, Geography

      Location:

       Balkan State, Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between

       Romania and Turkey

       Map references:

       Africa, Arctic Region, Ethnic Groups in Eastern Europe, Europe, Middle

       East, Standard Time Zones of the World

       Area:

       total area:

       110,910 sq km

       land area:

       110,550 sq km

       comparative area:

       slightly larger than Tennessee

       Land boundaries:

       total 1,808 km, Greece 494 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

       Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia and Montenegro 318 km (all

       with Serbia), Turkey 240 km

       Coastline:

       354 km

       Maritime claims:

       contiguous zone:

       24 nm

       exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       territorial sea:

       12 nm

       International disputes:

       none

       Climate:

       temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers

       Terrain:

       mostly mountains with lowlands in north and south

       Natural resources:

       bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land

      

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