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Brunei vs Singapore

101 shared metrics.

BruneiLeads in 44

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SingaporeLeads in 57

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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

Singapore

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Singapore.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Singapore transformed from a low-income economy into a high-income economy after independence.

World Bank

Analysis

Singapore leads in 57 of 101 shared metrics, while Brunei leads in 44.

Brunei's Firms Hit by Power Outages is 374.5x that of Singapore (44.43% of firms vs 0.12% of firms).

Brunei's Forest Area is 24.3x that of Singapore (3.8K km² vs 150.3 km²).

Brunei's Coal Electricity Share is 19.8x that of Singapore (19.78% vs 0.95%).

Brunei's Highest Elevation is 10.1x that of Singapore (1.9K m vs 166 m).

Brunei's Protected Land (%) is 7.7x that of Singapore (39.9% vs 4.6%).

Key Comparisons

Firms Hit by Power OutagesBrunei leads

Brunei

44.43% of firms

Singapore

0.12% of firms

Forest AreaBrunei leads

Brunei

3.8K km²

Singapore

150.3 km²

Coal Electricity ShareBrunei leads

Brunei

19.78%

Singapore

0.95%

Highest ElevationBrunei leads

Brunei

1.9K m

Singapore

166 m

Protected Land (%)Brunei leads

Brunei

39.9%

Singapore

4.6%

Firms Making Informal PaymentsBrunei leads

Singapore

Brunei

2.0

Singapore

2.0K

100% lower

Shipping Traffic

Singapore

Brunei

106.2K

Singapore

37.29M

100% lower

Population Density

Singapore

Brunei

87.09 /km²

Singapore

8.2K /km²

99% lower

Foreign Patents

Singapore

Brunei

137

Singapore

12.6K

99% lower

Comparison of Brunei and Singapore across 101 metrics
				Winner
Firms Hit by Power Outages	44.43% of firms	0.12% of firms	37454% higher	Brunei
Forest Area	3.8K km²	150.3 km²	2428% higher	Brunei
Coal Electricity Share	19.78%	0.95%	1982% higher	Brunei
Highest Elevation	1.9K m	166 m	1014% higher	Brunei
Protected Land (%)	39.9%	4.6%	767% higher	Brunei
Firms Making Informal Payments	8.2% of firms	0.98% of firms	730% higher	Brunei
Land Area	5.3K km²	718 km²	634% higher	Brunei
Firms Asked for Bribes	3.3% of firms	0.58% of firms	473% higher	Brunei
Infant Mortality	8.2 per 1k births	1.7 per 1k births	382% higher	Brunei
Child Mortality	9.4 per 1k births	2.1 per 1k births	348% higher	Brunei
Teen Birth Rate	8.5 per 1k	2.2 per 1k	294% higher	Brunei
Forest Coverage (%)	72.11%	20.93%	244% higher	Brunei
CO2 Per Capita	26.05 t/person/yr	9.2 t/person/yr	182% higher	Brunei
Agricultural Land (%)	2.5%	0.92%	177% higher	Brunei
Youth Unemployment Rate	18.23% of youth labor force	6.8% of youth labor force	169% higher	Brunei
Obesity Rate	32.38%	13.54%	139% higher	Brunei
Domestic Patents	2.0	2.0K	100% lower	Singapore
Shipping Traffic	106.2K	37.29M	100% lower	Singapore
Population Density	87.09 /km²	8.2K /km²	99% lower	Singapore
Foreign Patents	137	12.6K	99% lower	Singapore
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.19% of GDP	27.76% of GDP	99% lower	Singapore
Air Passengers	820.9K	47.50M	98% lower	Singapore
Government Debt (% GDP)	2.8% of GDP	175.61% of GDP	98% lower	Singapore
High-Tech Exports (%)	1.1%	59.43%	98% lower	Singapore
Merchant Fleet Size	97	3.2K	97% lower	Singapore
Water Stress (%)	1.1%	33.26%	97% lower	Singapore
Scientific Publications	414.38	12.7K	97% lower	Singapore
GDP (Nominal)	$15,340,808,592.48	$547,386,645,891.85	97% lower	Singapore
Researchers	506.18 per 1M	7.9K per 1M	94% lower	Singapore
Solar Electricity Share	0.18%	2.7%	93% lower	Singapore
Electric Generating Capacity	904.0K kW	13.13M kW	93% lower	Singapore
Population	491.9K	6.08M	92% lower	Singapore
Electricity Generation	5.6 TWh	59.61 TWh	91% lower	Singapore
Road Traffic Death Rate	3.6 per 100k	1.9 per 100k	89% higher	Brunei
Armed Forces Personnel	8.0K	59.0K	86% lower	Singapore
Health Spending Per Capita	$665.87	$4,320.52	85% lower	Singapore
Total CO2 Emissions	9.4 Mt CO2e	58.87 Mt CO2e	84% lower	Singapore
Energy Use (Per Capita)	9.5K kg oil eq/person	5.3K kg oil eq/person	81% higher	Brunei
Electricity Carbon Intensity	892.09 gCO2/kWh	497.09 gCO2/kWh	79% higher	Brunei
Birth Rate	15.58 per 1k	8.8 per 1k	78% higher	Brunei
Airports	2.0	9.0	78% lower	Singapore
Youth Population (%)	20.83%	11.69%	78% higher	Brunei
Firms with Female Top Manager	37.93% of firms	21.8% of firms	74% higher	Brunei
Alcohol Consumption	0.51 L/adult/yr	1.8 L/adult/yr	72% lower	Singapore
University Enrollment Rate	36.42%	97.29%	63% lower	Singapore
Health Spending (% GDP)	1.8% of GDP	4.9% of GDP	63% lower	Singapore
Suicide Rate	3.0 per 100k	8.1 per 100k	62% lower	Singapore
Unemployment Rate	5.1%	3.2%	62% higher	Brunei
Tourist Arrivals	1.07M	2.74M	61% lower	Singapore
Women in Parliament (%)	11.76%	29.29%	60% lower	Singapore
Imports (% GDP)	58.32% of GDP	143.6% of GDP	59% lower	Singapore
Exports (% GDP)	74.27% of GDP	178.78% of GDP	58% lower	Singapore
Water Withdrawal	0.09 B m³	0.20 B m³	54% lower	Singapore
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	73.1 per 100k	47.53 per 100k	54% higher	Brunei
GNI Per Capita	$36,020	$74,750	52% lower	Singapore
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	12.2 per 1M people	24.83 per 1M people	51% lower	Singapore
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.9 per 1k	2.6 per 1k	50% higher	Brunei
Elderly Population (%)	6.9%	13.66%	50% lower	Singapore
Official Languages Count	2.0	4.0	50% lower	Singapore
Fertility Rate	1.7 children/woman	1.2 children/woman	47% higher	Brunei
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	7.6 µg/m³	13.87 µg/m³	45% lower	Singapore
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$89,879.36	$150,689.3	40% lower	Singapore
Hypertension Prevalence	45.9% of adults	33.4% of adults	37% higher	Brunei
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	33% lower	Singapore
Doctors (per 1,000)	1.9 per 1k	2.8 per 1k	33% lower	Singapore
Insufficient Physical Activity	30.62% of adults	23.18% of adults	32% higher	Brunei
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	118 per 100 people	171 per 100 people	31% lower	Singapore
Broadband Access (%)	20 per 100 people	27 per 100 people	26% lower	Singapore
Military Spending	3.6% of GDP	2.8% of GDP	26% higher	Brunei
Beer Consumption	0.82 L/person/yr	1.1 L/person/yr	25% lower	Singapore
Corruption Perceptions Index	63 pts	84 pts	25% lower	Singapore
Urban Population (%)	74.9%	100%	25% lower	Singapore
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	13.7% of GDP	16.7% of GDP	18% lower	Singapore
Coastline Length	161 km	193 km	17% lower	Singapore
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	11.2K kWh/person	9.8K kWh/person	15% higher	Brunei
Dependency Ratio	38.3% of working-age pop.	33.94% of working-age pop.	13% higher	Brunei
Human Development Index	0.84	0.95	12% lower	Singapore
Median Age	31.8 years	35.1 years	10% lower	Singapore
Death Rate	4.0 per 1k	4.4 per 1k	10% lower	Singapore
Women in Senior Management	36.43% of managers	40.71% of managers	10% lower	Singapore
Average Weekly Work Hours	46.29 hrs/week	42.6 hrs/week	9% higher	Brunei
Life Expectancy	75.3 years	82.9 years	9% lower	Singapore
GDP Growth Rate	4.1%	4.4%	8% lower	Singapore
Internet Users (%)	99%	94.38%	5% higher	Brunei
Food Waste per Person	157.19 kg/person/yr	149.57 kg/person/yr	5% higher	Brunei
Tobacco Use Prevalence	14.3% of adults	14.9% of adults	4% lower	Singapore
Spirits Consumption	0 L/person/yr	0.32 L/person/yr	ranked lower	Singapore
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	7.0 days/yr	7.0 days/yr	equal	Brunei
Smoking Rate	16.4%	16.4%	equal	Brunei
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Brunei
Renewable Energy (%)	0%	1.1%	ranked lower	Singapore
Inflation Rate	-0.4%	2.4%	ranked lower	Singapore
Sanitation Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Brunei
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	99.6%	99.6%	equal	Brunei
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Brunei
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Brunei
Irrigated Land	10 km²	0 km²	ranked higher	Brunei
Land Border Length	266 km	0 km	ranked higher	Brunei
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	1.0 sites	ranked lower	Singapore
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	1.9 per 100k people	ranked lower	Singapore
Border Neighbors	1.0	0	ranked higher	Brunei

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Analysis

Singapore leads in 57 of 101 shared metrics, while Brunei leads in 44.

Brunei's Firms Hit by Power Outages is 374.5x that of Singapore (44.43% of firms vs 0.12% of firms).

Brunei's Forest Area is 24.3x that of Singapore (3.8K km² vs 150.3 km²).

Brunei's Coal Electricity Share is 19.8x that of Singapore (19.78% vs 0.95%).

Brunei's Highest Elevation is 10.1x that of Singapore (1.9K m vs 166 m).

Brunei's Protected Land (%) is 7.7x that of Singapore (39.9% vs 4.6%).

Key Comparisons

Firms Hit by Power OutagesBrunei leads

Brunei

44.43% of firms

Singapore

0.12% of firms

Forest AreaBrunei leads

Brunei

3.8K km²

Singapore

150.3 km²

Coal Electricity ShareBrunei leads

Brunei

19.78%

Singapore

0.95%

Highest ElevationBrunei leads

Brunei

1.9K m

Singapore

166 m

Protected Land (%)Brunei leads

Brunei

39.9%

Singapore

4.6%

Firms Making Informal PaymentsBrunei leads

Brunei

8.2% of firms

Singapore

0.98% of firms

Firms Hit by Power Outages

44.43% of firms

0.12% of firms

Forest Area

3.8K km²

150.3 km²

Coal Electricity Share

19.78%

0.95%

Highest Elevation

1.9K m

166 m

Protected Land (%)

39.9%

4.6%

Firms Making Informal Payments

8.2% of firms

0.98% of firms

Land Area

5.3K km²

718 km²

Firms Asked for Bribes

3.3% of firms

0.58% of firms

Infant Mortality

8.2 per 1k births

1.7 per 1k births

Child Mortality

9.4 per 1k births

2.1 per 1k births

Teen Birth Rate

8.5 per 1k

2.2 per 1k

Forest Coverage (%)

72.11%

20.93%

CO2 Per Capita

26.05 t/person/yr

9.2 t/person/yr

Agricultural Land (%)

2.5%

0.92%

Youth Unemployment Rate

18.23% of youth labor force

6.8% of youth labor force

Obesity Rate

32.38%

13.54%

Domestic Patents

2.0

2.0K

Shipping Traffic

106.2K

37.29M

Population Density

87.09 /km²

8.2K /km²

Foreign Patents

137

12.6K

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Forest Area

Coal Electricity Share

Highest Elevation

Protected Land (%)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Land Area

Firms Asked for Bribes

Infant Mortality

Child Mortality

Teen Birth Rate

Forest Coverage (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Agricultural Land (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Obesity Rate

Domestic Patents

Shipping Traffic

Population Density

Foreign Patents

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Air Passengers

Government Debt (% GDP)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Water Stress (%)

Scientific Publications

GDP (Nominal)

Researchers

Solar Electricity Share

Electric Generating Capacity

Population

Electricity Generation

Road Traffic Death Rate

Armed Forces Personnel

Health Spending Per Capita

Total CO2 Emissions

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Birth Rate

Airports

Youth Population (%)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Alcohol Consumption

University Enrollment Rate

Health Spending (% GDP)

Suicide Rate

Unemployment Rate

Tourist Arrivals

Women in Parliament (%)

Imports (% GDP)

Exports (% GDP)

Water Withdrawal

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

GNI Per Capita

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Elderly Population (%)

Official Languages Count

Fertility Rate

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Hypertension Prevalence

Time Zones Count

Doctors (per 1,000)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Broadband Access (%)

Military Spending

Beer Consumption

Corruption Perceptions Index

Urban Population (%)