Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 70.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
70.9%
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
27th
of 40 countries
All-time high
70.9%
in 2023
All-time low
66.3%
in 2017
Years of data
7
2017–2023
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam, 2017–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Brunei Darussalam recorded 70.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Brunei Darussalam ranks 27th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 66.3% | — |
| 2018 | 69.4% | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 69.6% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 67.6% | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 70.7% | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 70.1% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 70.9% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 68.4% | 66.3% | 69.6% | 3 |
| 2020s | 69.8% | 67.6% | 70.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brunei Darussalam
- 24 Cyprus 75.1% compare
- 25 Luxembourg 74.5% compare
- 26 Netherlands 74.3% compare
- 28 Romania 68.3% compare
- 29 Greece 67.9% compare
- 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.6% compare
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 upper secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brunei Darussalam was 70.9% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Brunei Darussalam?
- The highest recorded value was 70.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Brunei Darussalam?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.3% in 2017.
- How does Brunei Darussalam rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Brunei Darussalam ranks 27th out of 40 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Brunei Darussalam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release