Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 88.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam stood at 88.7%.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam peaked at 89.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 19.5%, in 1971.
That places Brunei Darussalam 46th out of 134 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 19.5% | — |
| 1981 | 39.6% | +103.1% |
| 2011 | 78.8% | +99.0% |
| 2014 | 89.5% | +13.6% |
| 2015 | 89.9% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 84.0% | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 84.8% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 83.7% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 83.6% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 85.9% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 87.5% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 88.7% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19.5% | 19.5% | 19.5% | 1 |
| 1980s | 39.6% | 39.6% | 39.6% | 1 |
| 2010s | 85.1% | 78.8% | 89.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 86.4% | 83.6% | 88.7% | 4 |
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More education data for Brunei Darussalam
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3,846 (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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 94.82 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 94.8% (2024)
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 88.7% 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 89.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Brunei Darussalam?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.5% in 1971.
- How does Brunei Darussalam rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Brunei Darussalam ranks 46th out of 134 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 down 1.0%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release