Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Greenland instead of Brunei, you would:

Health

be 24.3% less likely to be obese

In Brunei, 37.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Greenland, that number is 28.1% of people as of 2024.

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live 5.2 years less

In Brunei, the average life expectancy is 76 years (73 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2024. In Greenland, that number is 70 years (68 years for men, 72 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

make 81.5% more money

Brunei has a GDP per capita of $32,235 as of 2025, while in Greenland, the GDP per capita is $58,499 as of 2023.

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Basic Needs

be 27.8% less likely to have internet access

In Brunei, approximately 96.3% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Greenland, about 69.5% do as of 2021.

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Expenditures

spend 2.3 times more on education

Brunei spends 4.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Greenland spends 10.2% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

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Geography

see 273.8 times more coastline

Brunei has a total of 161 km of coastline. In Greenland, that number is 44,087 km.

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Safety

be 10.7 times more likely to be murdered

Brunei has a homicide rate of 0.5 per 100,000 people as of 2013. In Greenland, that number is 5.3 per 100,000 as of 2016.

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Infrastructure

find 51.0% more home broadband

Brunei has 21.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Greenland has 32.0 as of 2022.

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Environment

emit 48.4% less CO2

Brunei emits 20.2 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Greenland emits 10.4 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2016–2025), The World Factbook (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2013). How we calculate this

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Greenland: At a glance

Greenland is a sovereign country in North America, with a total land area of approximately 2,166,086 sq km. Greenland, the world's largest island, is about 81% ice-capped. Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; Danish colonization began in the 18th century, and Greenland was made an integral part of Denmark in 1953. It joined the European Community (now the EU) with Denmark in 1973 but withdrew in 1985 over a dispute centered on stringent fishing quotas. Greenland was granted self-government in 1979 by the Danish parliament; the law went into effect the following year. Greenland voted in favor of increased self-rule in November 2008 and acquired greater responsibility for internal affairs when the Act on Greenland Self-Government was signed into law in June 2009. Denmark, however, continues to exercise control over several policy areas on behalf of Greenland including foreign affairs, security, and financial policy in consultation with Greenland's Self-Rule Government.
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