Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Brunei instead of Austria, you would:
Health
be 29.9% less likely to be obese
In Austria, 20.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Brunei, that number is 14.1% of people as of 2016.
live 3.9 years less
In Austria, the average life expectancy is 82 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 10.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Austria, 5.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Brunei, that number is 4.5% as of 2022.
Life
have 69.9% more children
In Austria, there are approximately 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Brunei, there are 15.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 8.8 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Austria, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Brunei, 44.0 women do as of 2020.
be 3.2 times more likely to die during infancy
In Austria, approximately 3.2 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 13.7% less on education
Austria spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Brunei spends 4.4% of total GDP on education as of 2016.
spend 79.1% less on healthcare
Austria spends 11.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Brunei, that number is 2.4% of GDP as of 2020.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Brunei: At a glance
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