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Brunei vs Philippines

103 shared metrics.

BruneiLeads in 44

vs103 shared

PhilippinesLeads in 59

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Brunei

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Brunei Darussalam.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Burundi remains overwhelmingly rural, so urban-population rounds can be surprisingly low.

World Bank

Philippines

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of the Philippines.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

The Philippines now counts more than 7,600 islands, so even the country count depends on definitions.

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Analysis

Philippines leads in 59 of 103 shared metrics, while Brunei leads in 44.

Brunei's Energy Use (Per Capita) is 16.3x that of Philippines (9.5K kg oil eq/person vs 550.79 kg oil eq/person).

Brunei's CO2 Per Capita is 16.3x that of Philippines (26.05 t/person/yr vs 1.5 t/person/yr).

Brunei's Electricity Use (Per Capita) is 11.7x that of Philippines (11.2K kWh/person vs 884.68 kWh/person).

Brunei's GNI Per Capita is 7.1x that of Philippines ($36,020 vs $4,470).

Brunei's GDP Per Capita (PPP) is 6.6x that of Philippines ($89,879.36 vs $11,794.14).

Key Comparisons

Energy Use (Per Capita)Brunei leads

Brunei

9.5K kg oil eq/person

Philippines

550.79 kg oil eq/person

CO2 Per CapitaBrunei leads

Brunei

26.05 t/person/yr

Philippines

1.5 t/person/yr

Electricity Use (Per Capita)Brunei leads

Brunei

11.2K kWh/person

Philippines

884.68 kWh/person

GNI Per CapitaBrunei leads

Brunei

$36,020

Philippines

$4,470

GDP Per Capita (PPP)Brunei leads

Brunei

$89,879.36

Philippines

$11,794.14

Milk Consumption per PersonBrunei leads

Philippines

Brunei

2.0

Philippines

490

100% lower

Population

Philippines

Brunei

491.9K

Philippines

118.28M

100% lower

Comparison of Brunei and Philippines across 103 metrics
				Winner
Energy Use (Per Capita)	9.5K kg oil eq/person	550.79 kg oil eq/person	1632% higher	Brunei
CO2 Per Capita	26.05 t/person/yr	1.5 t/person/yr	1625% higher	Brunei
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	11.2K kWh/person	884.68 kWh/person	1166% higher	Brunei
GNI Per Capita	$36,020	$4,470	706% higher	Brunei
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$89,879.36	$11,794.14	662% higher	Brunei
Milk Consumption per Person	70.47 kg/person/yr	15.66 kg/person/yr	350% higher	Brunei
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.9 per 1k	1.0 per 1k	290% higher	Brunei
Obesity Rate	32.38%	8.7%	271% higher	Brunei
Health Spending Per Capita	$665.87	$194.06	243% higher	Brunei
Forest Coverage (%)	72.11%	24.46%	195% higher	Brunei
Exports (% GDP)	74.27% of GDP	25.77% of GDP	188% higher	Brunei
Broadband Access (%)	20 per 100 people	7.0 per 100 people	186% higher	Brunei
Military Spending	3.6% of GDP	1.3% of GDP	170% higher	Brunei
Youth Unemployment Rate	18.23% of youth labor force	7.0% of youth labor force	159% higher	Brunei
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	73.1 per 100k	28.43 per 100k	157% higher	Brunei
Protected Land (%)	39.9%	16%	149% higher	Brunei
Doctors (per 1,000)	1.9 per 1k	0.79 per 1k	139% higher	Brunei
Unemployment Rate	5.1%	2.2%	139% higher	Brunei
Domestic Patents	2.0	490	100% lower	Philippines
Population	491.9K	118.28M	100% lower	Philippines
Coastline Length	161 km	36.3K km	100% lower	Philippines
Water Withdrawal	0.09 B m³	91.04 B m³	100% lower	Philippines
Irrigated Land	10 km²	16.3K km²	100% lower	Philippines
Shipping Traffic	106.2K	9.25M	99% lower	Philippines
Airports	2.0	244	99% lower	Philippines
Air Passengers	820.9K	41.50M	98% lower	Philippines
Land Area	5.3K km²	298.2K km²	98% lower	Philippines
High-Tech Exports (%)	1.1%	60.98%	98% lower	Philippines
Corruption Perceptions Index	63 pts	32 pts	97% higher	Brunei
GDP (Nominal)	$15,340,808,592.48	$461,617,509,782.35	97% lower	Philippines
Electric Generating Capacity	904.0K kW	29.17M kW	97% lower	Philippines
Foreign Patents	137	3.9K	96% lower	Philippines
Merchant Fleet Size	97	2.2K	96% lower	Philippines
Electricity Generation	5.6 TWh	125.86 TWh	96% lower	Philippines
Forest Area	3.8K km²	72.9K km²	95% lower	Philippines
Armed Forces Personnel	8.0K	157.0K	95% lower	Philippines
Total CO2 Emissions	9.4 Mt CO2e	174.11 Mt CO2e	95% lower	Philippines
Agricultural Land (%)	2.5%	42.67%	94% lower	Philippines
Water Stress (%)	1.1%	19.01%	94% lower	Philippines
Solar Electricity Share	0.18%	2.4%	93% lower	Philippines
Government Debt (% GDP)	2.8% of GDP	39.9% of GDP	93% lower	Philippines
Alcohol Consumption	0.51 L/adult/yr	5.7 L/adult/yr	91% lower	Philippines
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.19% of GDP	2.0% of GDP	91% lower	Philippines
Scientific Publications	414.38	4.0K	90% lower	Philippines
Firms Making Informal Payments	8.2% of firms	4.5% of firms	83% higher	Brunei
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	12.2 per 1M people	6.7 per 1M people	82% higher	Brunei
Population Density	87.09 /km²	385.32 /km²	77% lower	Philippines
Teen Birth Rate	8.5 per 1k	31.89 per 1k	73% lower	Philippines
Coal Electricity Share	19.78%	58.67%	66% lower	Philippines
Child Mortality	9.4 per 1k births	26.9 per 1k births	65% lower	Philippines
Health Spending (% GDP)	1.8% of GDP	5.1% of GDP	64% lower	Philippines
Infant Mortality	8.2 per 1k births	22.1 per 1k births	63% lower	Philippines
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	7.6 µg/m³	20.29 µg/m³	63% lower	Philippines
Road Traffic Death Rate	3.6 per 100k	9.7 per 100k	63% lower	Philippines
Firms Asked for Bribes	3.3% of firms	8.3% of firms	60% lower	Philippines
Women in Parliament (%)	11.76%	27.33%	57% lower	Philippines
Capital Elevation	14 m	9.0 m	56% higher	Brunei
Electricity Carbon Intensity	892.09 gCO2/kWh	588.29 gCO2/kWh	52% higher	Brunei
Imports (% GDP)	58.32% of GDP	40.11% of GDP	45% higher	Brunei
Food Waste per Person	157.19 kg/person/yr	110.15 kg/person/yr	43% higher	Brunei
Nurses & Midwives	6.7 per 1k	4.8 per 1k	41% higher	Brunei
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	7.0 days/yr	5.0 days/yr	40% higher	Brunei
Highest Elevation	1.9K m	3.0K m	37% lower	Philippines
Hypertension Prevalence	45.9% of adults	33.7% of adults	36% higher	Brunei
Urban Population (%)	74.9%	55.45%	35% higher	Brunei
Official Languages Count	2.0	3.0	33% lower	Philippines
Death Rate	4.0 per 1k	5.8 per 1k	32% lower	Philippines
GDP Growth Rate	4.1%	5.7%	29% lower	Philippines
Tourist Arrivals	1.07M	1.48M	28% lower	Philippines
Tobacco Use Prevalence	14.3% of adults	19.5% of adults	27% lower	Philippines
Insufficient Physical Activity	30.62% of adults	41.96% of adults	27% lower	Philippines
Median Age	31.8 years	25.3 years	26% higher	Brunei
Youth Population (%)	20.83%	27.87%	25% lower	Philippines
Elderly Population (%)	6.9%	5.5%	25% higher	Brunei
University Enrollment Rate	36.42%	47.41%	23% lower	Philippines
Dependency Ratio	38.3% of working-age pop.	50.06% of working-age pop.	23% lower	Philippines
Smoking Rate	16.4%	20.4%	20% lower	Philippines
Internet Users (%)	99%	84%	18% higher	Brunei
Human Development Index	0.84	0.72	16% higher	Brunei
Average Weekly Work Hours	46.29 hrs/week	39.99 hrs/week	16% higher	Brunei
Women in Senior Management	36.43% of managers	43.16% of managers	16% lower	Philippines
Sanitation Access (%)	100%	87.15%	15% higher	Brunei
Beer Consumption	0.82 L/person/yr	0.95 L/person/yr	14% lower	Philippines
Suicide Rate	3.0 per 100k	3.5 per 100k	13% lower	Philippines
Firms with Female Top Manager	37.93% of firms	43.45% of firms	13% lower	Philippines
Fertility Rate	1.7 children/woman	1.9 children/woman	11% lower	Philippines
Life Expectancy	75.3 years	69.8 years	8% higher	Brunei
Birth Rate	15.58 per 1k	16.02 per 1k	3% lower	Philippines
Electricity Access (%)	100%	98%	2% higher	Brunei
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	118 per 100 people	117.28 per 100 people	1% higher	Brunei
Firms Hit by Power Outages	44.43% of firms	43.93% of firms	1% higher	Brunei
Spirits Consumption	0 L/person/yr	3.5 L/person/yr	ranked lower	Philippines
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Brunei
Wind Electricity Share	0%	1.2%	ranked lower	Philippines
Renewable Energy (%)	0%	28%	ranked lower	Philippines
Inflation Rate	-0.4%	3.2%	ranked lower	Philippines
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.01 per 1M people	ranked lower	Philippines
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Brunei
Land Border Length	266 km	0 km	ranked higher	Brunei
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	13.7% of GDP	-3.3% of GDP	ranked higher	Brunei
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	6.0 sites	ranked lower	Philippines
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.04 per 100k people	ranked lower	Philippines
Border Neighbors	1.0	0	ranked higher	Brunei

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Analysis

Philippines leads in 59 of 103 shared metrics, while Brunei leads in 44.

Brunei's Energy Use (Per Capita) is 16.3x that of Philippines (9.5K kg oil eq/person vs 550.79 kg oil eq/person).

Brunei's CO2 Per Capita is 16.3x that of Philippines (26.05 t/person/yr vs 1.5 t/person/yr).

Brunei's Electricity Use (Per Capita) is 11.7x that of Philippines (11.2K kWh/person vs 884.68 kWh/person).

Brunei's GNI Per Capita is 7.1x that of Philippines ($36,020 vs $4,470).

Brunei's GDP Per Capita (PPP) is 6.6x that of Philippines ($89,879.36 vs $11,794.14).

Key Comparisons

Energy Use (Per Capita)Brunei leads

Brunei

9.5K kg oil eq/person

Philippines

550.79 kg oil eq/person

CO2 Per CapitaBrunei leads

Brunei

26.05 t/person/yr

Philippines

1.5 t/person/yr

Electricity Use (Per Capita)Brunei leads

Brunei

11.2K kWh/person

Philippines

884.68 kWh/person

GNI Per CapitaBrunei leads

Brunei

$36,020

Philippines

$4,470

GDP Per Capita (PPP)Brunei leads

Brunei

$89,879.36

Philippines

$11,794.14

Milk Consumption per PersonBrunei leads

Brunei

70.47 kg/person/yr

Philippines

15.66 kg/person/yr

Energy Use (Per Capita)

9.5K kg oil eq/person

550.79 kg oil eq/person

CO2 Per Capita

26.05 t/person/yr

1.5 t/person/yr

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

11.2K kWh/person

884.68 kWh/person

GNI Per Capita

$36,020

$4,470

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$89,879.36

$11,794.14

Milk Consumption per Person

70.47 kg/person/yr

15.66 kg/person/yr

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

3.9 per 1k

1.0 per 1k

Obesity Rate

32.38%

8.7%

Health Spending Per Capita

$665.87

$194.06

Forest Coverage (%)

72.11%

24.46%

Exports (% GDP)

74.27% of GDP

25.77% of GDP

Broadband Access (%)

20 per 100 people

7.0 per 100 people

Military Spending

3.6% of GDP

1.3% of GDP

Youth Unemployment Rate

18.23% of youth labor force

7.0% of youth labor force

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

73.1 per 100k

28.43 per 100k

Protected Land (%)

39.9%

16%

Doctors (per 1,000)

1.9 per 1k

0.79 per 1k

Unemployment Rate

5.1%

2.2%

Domestic Patents

2.0

490

Population

491.9K

118.28M

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Energy Use (Per Capita)

CO2 Per Capita

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

GNI Per Capita

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Milk Consumption per Person

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Obesity Rate

Health Spending Per Capita

Forest Coverage (%)

Exports (% GDP)

Broadband Access (%)

Military Spending

Youth Unemployment Rate

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Protected Land (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Unemployment Rate

Domestic Patents

Population

Coastline Length

Water Withdrawal

Irrigated Land

Shipping Traffic

Airports

Air Passengers

Land Area

High-Tech Exports (%)

Corruption Perceptions Index

GDP (Nominal)

Electric Generating Capacity

Foreign Patents

Merchant Fleet Size

Electricity Generation

Forest Area

Armed Forces Personnel

Total CO2 Emissions

Agricultural Land (%)

Water Stress (%)

Solar Electricity Share

Government Debt (% GDP)

Alcohol Consumption

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Scientific Publications

Firms Making Informal Payments

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Population Density

Teen Birth Rate

Coal Electricity Share

Child Mortality

Health Spending (% GDP)

Infant Mortality

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Firms Asked for Bribes

Women in Parliament (%)

Capital Elevation

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Imports (% GDP)

Food Waste per Person

Nurses & Midwives

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Highest Elevation

Hypertension Prevalence

Urban Population (%)

Official Languages Count

Death Rate

GDP Growth Rate

Tourist Arrivals

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Insufficient Physical Activity

Median Age