What is the difference in enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female between Bhutan and Brunei Darussalam?

491 number, with Brunei Darussalam ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Brunei Darussalam?

13 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Brunei Darussalam: Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female

Bhutan

5,963 number

in 2020

Brunei Darussalam

6,454 number

in 2019

Bhutan rank

152nd

Brunei Darussalam rank

150th

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female over time

Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam

How they compare

Brunei Darussalam currently reports 6,454 number against 5,963 number in Bhutan, a difference of 491 number.

That makes Brunei Darussalam's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Brunei Darussalam has been ahead every year.

Bhutan ranks 152nd and Brunei Darussalam ranks 150th of 187 countries.

Brunei Darussalam has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Brunei Darussalam	Difference	Ahead
1970s	73 number	256 number	183 number	Brunei Darussalam
1980s	49 number	99 number	50 number	Brunei Darussalam
1990s	539 number	2,442 number	1,903 number	Brunei Darussalam
2000s	1,493 number	3,523 number	2,030 number	Brunei Darussalam
2010s	3,374 number	4,962 number	1,588 number	Brunei Darussalam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female, Bhutan or Brunei Darussalam?: Brunei Darussalam, at 6,454 number against 5,963 number in Bhutan as of 2019.
What is the difference in enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female between Bhutan and Brunei Darussalam?: 491 number, with Brunei Darussalam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Brunei Darussalam?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2018.
How do Bhutan and Brunei Darussalam rank globally for enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female?: Bhutan ranks 152nd and Brunei Darussalam ranks 150th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bhutan vs Brunei Darussalam: Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-tertiary-education-all-programmes-female-number/bhutan/brunei-darussalam/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-tertiary-education-all-programmes-female-number/bhutan/brunei-darussalam/">Bhutan vs Brunei Darussalam: Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 232 places, 7,150 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

The total number of female students enrolled at public and private tertiary education institutions.