Brunei vs Malaysia
Brunei vs Malaysia: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 20.24 tonnes in Brunei and 8.32 tonnes in Malaysia, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Brunei, by 11.92 tonnes, or 2.43 times that in Malaysia.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Brunei has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Brunei ranked 5 and Malaysia ranked 25 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Brunei | Malaysia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.24 | 8.32 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 21.14 | 8.04 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 20.94 | 7.98 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 22.11 | 7.52 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 22.64 | 7.47 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 17.18 | 7.63 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 18.34 | 7.73 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 18.19 | 7.35 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 18.48 | 7.79 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 17.44 | 8.1 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 19.45 | 8.19 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 18.94 | 7.86 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 18.79 | 7.41 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 19.68 | 7.49 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 18.81 | 7.52 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 20.84 | 7.04 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 23.58 | 7.84 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 22.07 | 7.59 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 23.63 | 7.11 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 16.74 | 7.01 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 17.76 | 6.72 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 18.62 | 6.34 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 16.34 | 6.08 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 17.58 | 5.88 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 18.61 | 5.69 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 18.81 | 5.33 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 18.39 | 5.05 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 21.29 | 5.3 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 20.48 | 4.96 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 19.97 | 4.47 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 19.34 | 4.42 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 19.54 | 4.11 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 19.87 | 4.21 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 18.7 | 4.11 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 16.84 | 3.61 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 16.1 | 3.27 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 16.85 | 2.85 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 15.94 | 2.75 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 16 | 2.79 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 17.58 | 2.8 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 18.44 | 2.93 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 19.69 | 2.87 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 18.67 | 2.62 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 17.3 | 2.5 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 21.25 | 2.52 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 17.54 | 2.5 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 19.96 | 2.24 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 20 | 1.79 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 20.21 | 1.86 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 18.1 | 1.73 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 18.18 | 1.65 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 18.15 | 1.41 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 15.49 | 1.4 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 13.57 | 2.68 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 14.98 | 2.7 | 4.15 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- 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 importsBrunei: 28 million TIV in 2024Malaysia: 7 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsBrunei: 12 million TIV in 2016Malaysia: 20 million TIV in 2024