Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Brunei instead of Norway, you would:
Health
be 39.0% less likely to be obese
In Norway, 23.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Brunei, that number is 14.1% of people as of 2016.
live 4.2 years less
In Norway, the average life expectancy is 83 years (80 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
be 85.5% more likely to be unemployed
In Norway, 3.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Brunei, that number is 6.9% as of 2017.
Life
have 32.3% more children
In Norway, there are approximately 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Brunei, there are 16.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 15.5 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Norway, approximately 2.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Brunei, 31.0 women do as of 2017.
be 4.6 times more likely to die during infancy
In Norway, approximately 2.3 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 42.1% less on education
Norway spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Brunei spends 4.4% of total GDP on education as of 2016.
spend 79.0% less on healthcare
Norway spends 10.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Brunei, that number is 2.2% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 99.4% less coastline
Norway has a total of 25,148 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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