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Brunei

The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.

In 2024, 26.1 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.

Compared with 2014, the value has risen by 23%.

0% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 72.1% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 33,293 hectares: 6.3% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

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All indicators

Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.

IndicatorLatest valueIn 10 yearsWorldSince 1990
Climate
CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year26.052024+4.864.73
Consumption-based CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year19.342023−0.894.71
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)32.332024−1.016.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person3.412024−4.641.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year1.822024−2.290.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17500.0220240.00100.00
CO₂ imported (+) or exported (−) in goods% of the country's emissions-29.02023−38.10.0
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year2,0912024+559—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year118,2122023+22,41121,286
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%0.22024+0.231.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%0.22024+0.240.9
Solar share of electricity%0.22024+0.26.9
Wind share of electricity%0.020240.08.1
Coal share of electricity%19.82024+19.834.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity8922024−12471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest72.120230.0—

Trees and forests

Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.

2001: 1,244 ha2002: 1,089 ha2003: 799 ha2004: 1,197 ha2005: 1,278 ha2006: 1,013 ha2007: 1,565 ha2008: 1,300 ha2009: 2,169 ha2010: 967 ha2011: 2,620 ha2012: 1,837 ha2013: 888 ha2014: 2,225 ha2015: 1,761 ha2016: 2,573 ha2017: 945 ha2018: 807 ha2019: 1,168 ha2020: 1,166 ha2021: 953 ha2022: 920 ha2023: 915 ha2024: 1,042 ha2025: 852 ha
20012,620 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 1.2 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 0.9 through logging and fires.

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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data