Brunei vs United Arab Emirates: Gas consumption per person

Brunei
91,071 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2024
United Arab Emirates
62,217 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Brunei rank
3rd
United Arab Emirates rank
5th

Gas consumption per person over time

  • Brunei
  • United Arab Emirates
25.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k196719962025

How they compare

Brunei currently reports 91,071 kilowatt-hours per person against 62,217 kilowatt-hours per person in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 28,854 kilowatt-hours per person.

That makes Brunei's figure about 1.5 times United Arab Emirates's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Brunei ahead.

Brunei ranks 3rd and United Arab Emirates ranks 5th of 218 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 3 and United Arab Emirates in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brunei United Arab Emirates Difference Ahead
1980s 89,689 kilowatt-hours per person 68,119 kilowatt-hours per person 21,570 kilowatt-hours per person Brunei
1990s 38,074 kilowatt-hours per person 94,630 kilowatt-hours per person 56,556 kilowatt-hours per person United Arab Emirates
2000s 75,426 kilowatt-hours per person 87,400 kilowatt-hours per person 11,974 kilowatt-hours per person United Arab Emirates
2010s 87,422 kilowatt-hours per person 78,269 kilowatt-hours per person 9,153 kilowatt-hours per person Brunei
2020s 92,964 kilowatt-hours per person 65,197 kilowatt-hours per person 27,767 kilowatt-hours per person Brunei

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gas consumption per person, Brunei or United Arab Emirates?
Brunei, at 91,071 kilowatt-hours per person against 62,217 kilowatt-hours per person in United Arab Emirates as of 2024.
What is the difference in gas consumption per person between Brunei and United Arab Emirates?
28,854 kilowatt-hours per person, with Brunei ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and United Arab Emirates?
45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Brunei and United Arab Emirates rank globally for gas consumption per person?
Brunei ranks 3rd and United Arab Emirates ranks 5th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Gas consumption per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Gas consumption per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
219 places, 10,244 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.