Brunei vs Malaysia
Brunei vs Malaysia: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Brunei and 100% in Malaysia, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 both had 100%.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Brunei | Malaysia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100 | 100 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 100 | 100 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 100 | 100 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 100 | 100 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 100 | 100 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 100 | 100 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 100 | 99.9 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 100 | 99.9 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 100 | 99.7 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 100 | 99.6 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 100 | 99.8 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 100 | 99.5 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 100 | 99.5 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 100 | 99.3 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 100 | 99 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 100 | 98.9 | 82 |
| 2006 | 100 | 98.8 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 100 | 98.7 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 100 | 98.7 | 80 |
| 2003 | 100 | 98.7 | 80 |
| 2002 | 100 | 98.6 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 100 | 98.6 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 100 | 98.6 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 100 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 100 | – | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 100 | – | – |
| 1996 | 100 | – | – |
| 1995 | 100 | – | – |
| 1994 | 100 | – | – |
| 1993 | 100 | – | – |
| 1992 | 100 | – | – |
| 1991 | 100 | – | – |
| 1990 | 100 | – | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 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