Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Brunei
Brunei: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender was 0.9755 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brunei, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Brunei recorded 0.9755 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brunei peaked at 0.9884 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4383 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Brunei 66th out of 132 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Brunei, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4383 GPIA | — |
| 1981 | 0.718 GPIA | +63.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9478 GPIA | +32.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9772 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9602 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.9644 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9812 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9884 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9863 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9688 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9755 GPIA | +0.7% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 0.9755 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9935 GPIA, 98% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 0.9755 GPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9451 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4383 GPIA | 0.4383 GPIA | 0.4383 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.718 GPIA | 0.718 GPIA | 0.718 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9661 GPIA | 0.9478 GPIA | 0.9812 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.9797 GPIA | 0.9688 GPIA | 0.9884 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
More education data for Brunei
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 96.56 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.39 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5,040 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 66 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,407 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 6,068 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 40,924 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 37,751 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brunei?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brunei was 0.9755 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9884 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4383 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Brunei rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Brunei ranks 66th out of 132 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brunei data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release