Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9755 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Brunei Darussalam 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 Darussalam peaked at 0.9884 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4383 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Brunei Darussalam 65th out of 131 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 education or in Brunei Darussalam, 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% |
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 |
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More education data for Brunei Darussalam
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3,846 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 72.1% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 20.6% (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam 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 Darussalam?
- 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 Darussalam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4383 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Brunei Darussalam rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Brunei Darussalam ranks 65th out of 131 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Brunei Darussalam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brunei Darussalam 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