Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Brunei
Brunei: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 56.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Brunei, 2005–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Brunei recorded 56.3% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Brunei peaked at 63.5% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 45.3%, in 2022.
Brunei ranks 106th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57.0% | 54.6% | 61.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 61.7% | 60.6% | 63.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.3% | 45.3% | 60.7% | 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)
- Population ages 0-14 20.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (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 children enrolled in pre-primary school in Brunei?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Brunei was 56.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 63.5% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.3% in 2022.
- How does Brunei rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Brunei ranks 106th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.