Population below five meters above sea level — all countries

Population below five meters above sea level — Brunei Darussalam

Population below five meters above sea level in Brunei Darussalam in 2015 — 20.87%. Ranked 198 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 0.97 pp.

2015 20.87% −0.63 pp vs 2000
World rank 198of 215
Period maximum 21.84%1990
Period minimum 20.87%2015

Trend over time

1990–2015 · % of population

Population below five meters above sea level — Brunei Darussalam, 1990–201520.752121.2521.521.75221990199319961999200220052008201120141990: 21.84%2000: 21.5%2015: 20.87%
Change over the period: −0.97 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2015

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Brunei Darussalam

Brunei Darussalam 20.87%
World 4.06%
South-Eastern Asia computed 12.63%
High-income countries computed 4.19%
Population below five meters above sea level — Brunei Darussalam, by year Brunei Darussalam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 20.87
2000 21.5
1990 21.84

About the indicator

The share of the population living less than five meters above sea level. The threshold is not arbitrary: this is the zone already threatened by storm surges and, over the coming century, by sea level rise. In absolute numbers the densely populated deltas of Asia come first; by share, island states and the Netherlands — and the latter show that a high share does not equal high risk, since everything depends on whether coastal defenses are in place.

Important: The series is not annual: the World Bank computes it from a digital elevation model for individual benchmark years, the latest of which is 2015, and has not updated it since. No one has fresher data of this kind; the values are best read as an order-of-magnitude estimate.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.