Brunei vs Malaysia
Brunei vs Malaysia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2024: 28 million TIV in Brunei and 7 million TIV in Malaysia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Brunei, by 21 million TIV, or 4 times that in Malaysia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Brunei has been higher since 2024.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Brunei | Malaysia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 28 million | 7 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 11 million | 11 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 71 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 133 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 51 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | 68 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 93 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 197 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 270 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 36 million | 118 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 121 million | 75 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 15 million | 82 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 20 million | 19 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 229 million | 4 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 33 million | 213 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 33 million | 1.28 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 493 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 498 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1 million | 184 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1 million | 57 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 0 | 68 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 0 | 190 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 1 million | 154 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 5 million | 26 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 26 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 4 million | 721 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 7 million | 39 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 31 million | 553 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 17 million | 32 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 828 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 308 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 13 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 13 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 4 million | 33 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 4 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 37 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 14 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 5 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 13 million | 141 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 405 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 60 million | 543 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 85 million | 275 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 12 million | 25 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 8 million | 56 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 127 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 64 million | 310 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 46 million | 72 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 146 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 0 | 394 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1 million | 85 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 15 million | 74 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1 million | 229 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1 million | 109 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 18 million | 192 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 5 million | 25 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 79 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1 million | 91 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 18 million | 128 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 1 million | 58 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 5 million | 10 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 97 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 75 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 31 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 2 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 5 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Brunei vs Malaysia
Health
- Life expectancyBrunei: 75.3 years in 2023Malaysia: 76.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrunei: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Malaysia: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrunei: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Malaysia: 6.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrunei: 2.56% in 2017Malaysia: 3.52% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrunei: 6.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Malaysia: 7.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrunei: 458,900 people in 2023Malaysia: 35.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrunei: 0.84% a year in 2023Malaysia: 1.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrunei: 1.75 births per woman in 2023Malaysia: 1.55 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrunei: 75% in 2025Malaysia: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageBrunei: 31.8 years in 2023Malaysia: 30.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrunei: 6.5% in 2023Malaysia: 7.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrunei: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023Malaysia: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrunei: 3.65% of GDP in 2024Malaysia: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrunei: $560M in 2024Malaysia: $4.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrunei: $1,216 in 2024Malaysia: $138 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrunei: 12.2% of government spending in 2024Malaysia: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrunei: 8,000 people in 2020Malaysia: 136,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrunei: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Malaysia: 0.46% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrunei: 3.57% of the labour force in 2020Malaysia: 0.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsBrunei: 12 million TIV in 2016Malaysia: 20 million TIV in 2024