School life expectancy, primary, female in Brunei
Brunei: School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.7 years in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, female in Brunei, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, female in Brunei is 5.7 years, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 53 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Brunei peaked at 8.11 years in 1972 and was at its lowest, 5.7 years, in 2024.
Brunei ranks 122nd of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 53 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.74 years | 7.18 years | 8.11 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.37 years | 7.09 years | 7.8 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 6.92 years | 6.67 years | 7.12 years | 9 |
| 2000s | 7.03 years | 6.62 years | 7.39 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.37 years | 6.27 years | 6.63 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6 years | 5.7 years | 6.23 years | 5 |
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More education data for Brunei
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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 mean years of schooling 1.73 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 95.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in Brunei?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Brunei was 5.7 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 8.11 years in 1972.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.7 years in 2024.
- How does Brunei rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Brunei ranks 122nd out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. 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, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release