Brunei vs Malta

Brunei and Malta 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.

• Malta has about 1.2 times as many people as Brunei: 579,704 against 466,330 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Malta ($47,907) is 49% higher than in Brunei ($32,235) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Malta (4%) than in Brunei (0.7%), a difference of 3.3 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Malta (2.4%) than in Brunei (-0.3%), a difference of 2.7 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Brunei (5.3%) than in Malta (2.9%), a difference of 2.4 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Malta can expect to live 7.5 years longer than one born in Brunei: 83 years against 75.5 years in 2024.
• The population of Malta is older: half of its people are over 40.3 years, against 31.8 years in Brunei in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Brunei (96.3%) than in Malta (93.9%), a difference of 2.4 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Brunei (20.2 tonnes) are about 6.3 times as high as in Malta (3.2 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Brunei (72.1%) than in Malta (1.5%), a difference of 70.6 percentage points in 2024.