Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Brunei instead of Israel, you would:
Health
be 46.0% less likely to be obese
In Israel, 26.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Brunei, that number is 14.1% of people as of 2016.
live 5.0 years less
In Israel, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Brunei, that number is 78 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
make 62.4% more money
Israel has a GDP per capita of $38,300 as of 2020, while in Brunei, the GDP per capita is $62,200 as of 2020.
be 56.8% more likely to be unemployed
In Israel, 4.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2020. In Brunei, that number is 6.9% as of 2017.
Life
be 10.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Israel, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Brunei, 31.0 women do as of 2017.
be 3.0 times more likely to die during infancy
In Israel, approximately 3.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Brunei, on the other hand, 10.5 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 29.0% less on education
Israel spends 6.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Brunei spends 4.4% of total GDP on education as of 2016.
spend 70.7% less on healthcare
Israel spends 7.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Brunei, that number is 2.2% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 41.0% less coastline
Israel has a total of 273 km of coastline. In Brunei, that number is 161 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Brunei: At a glance
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