Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 93.4% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Latest (2023)
93.4%
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
37th
of 40 countries
All-time high
93.4%
in 2023
All-time low
90.5%
in 2017
Years of data
7
2017–2023
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brunei Darussalam, 2017–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brunei Darussalam stood at 93.4%. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
That places Brunei Darussalam 37th out of 40 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brunei Darussalam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 90.5% | — |
| 2018 | 92.5% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 92.0% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 92.1% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 91.7% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 92.3% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 93.4% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 91.7% | 90.5% | 92.5% | 3 |
| 2020s | 92.4% | 91.7% | 93.4% | 4 |
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More education data for Brunei Darussalam
- 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), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- 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 primary education or higher in Brunei Darussalam?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brunei Darussalam was 93.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Brunei Darussalam?
- The highest recorded value was 93.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Brunei Darussalam?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.5% in 2017.
- How does Brunei Darussalam rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Brunei Darussalam ranks 37th out of 40 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Brunei Darussalam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Brunei Darussalam data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release