Share of primary school teachers who are women in Brunei
Brunei: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 77.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Brunei, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of primary school teachers who are women in Brunei is 77.8%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Brunei peaked at 78.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 40.4%, in 1970.
Brunei ranks 102nd of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43.5% | 40.4% | 46.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 52.7% | 45.5% | 60.9% | 8 |
| 1990s | 60.6% | 56.8% | 66.3% | 7 |
| 2000s | 72.2% | 67.4% | 75.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.9% | 75.7% | 78.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.9% | 77.8% | 78.1% | 5 |
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More education data for Brunei
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 94.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 3,846 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.73 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 95.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Brunei?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Brunei was 77.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 78.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.4% in 1970.
- How does Brunei rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Brunei ranks 102nd out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary school teachers who are women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.