Brunei vs Guyana

Brunei and Guyana compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Guyana has about 1.8 times as many people as Brunei: 835,986 against 466,330 in 2025.
• GDP per person is about the same in Brunei ($32,235) and Guyana ($32,414) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Guyana (19.3%) than in Brunei (0.7%), a difference of 18.6 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Guyana (3.3%) than in Brunei (-0.3%), a difference of 3.6 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Guyana (12%) than in Brunei (5.3%), a difference of 6.7 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Brunei can expect to live 5.2 years longer than one born in Guyana: 75.5 years against 70.3 years in 2024.
• The population of Brunei is older: half of its people are over 31.8 years, against 25.6 years in Guyana in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Brunei (96.3%) than in Guyana (83%), a difference of 13.3 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Brunei (20.2 tonnes) are about 4.4 times as high as in Guyana (4.6 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Guyana (87.1%) than in Brunei (72.1%), a difference of 15 percentage points in 2024.