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