2016: Status: Not Free, Aggregate Score: 29, Political Rights: 6, Civil Liberties: 5
Brunei, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (Malay: Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: نڬارا بروني دارالسلام), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, the territory is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is separated into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang. Brunei is the only sovereign state completely on the island of Borneo; the remainder of the island's territory is divided between the nations of Malaysia and Indonesia. Brunei's population was 423,196 in 2016.
Measures of Freedom
2016: Status: Not Free, Aggregate Score: 29, Political Rights: 6, Civil Liberties: 5
2019: 6.46, Rank: 116, Personal Freedom: 5.87, Economic Freedom: 7.3
2014: 7.25, Rank: 62
The introductory paragraph uses material from the Wikipedia article "Brunei" as of 29 Sep 2018, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.