Education in Brunei 153 indicators covering education for Brunei. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 72.1% 2025 down 0.2% 15th Population ages 0-14 20.6% 2025 down 12.5% 120th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 94.8% 2024 down 8.7% 155th Primary education, teachers 3,846 2024 down 3.9% 163rd School enrollment, primary, female 95.0% 2024 down 9.8% 152nd School enrollment, primary, male 94.6% 2024 down 7.7% 156th Labor force, total 237,763 2025 up 12.2% 173rd Labor force, female 39.5% 2025 down 3.2% 143rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 up 0.8% 56th School enrollment, secondary 91.8% 2023 down 10.3% 96th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.5 per 1,000 2024 down 7.4% 146th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.8 per 1,000 2024 up 12.5% 144th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.8 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 142nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% 115th Secondary education, teachers 5,040 2023 down 5.0% 156th School enrollment, secondary, female 93.3% 2023 down 11.9% 101st School enrollment, secondary, male 90.5% 2023 down 8.8% 99th School enrollment, tertiary 36.4% 2023 up 55.2% 107th School enrollment, primary, private 41.2% 2020 up 13.1% 24th School enrollment, preprimary 63.5% 2020 down 5.5% 108th School enrollment, tertiary, male 29.2% 2023 up 80.3% 105th School enrollment, tertiary, female 44.5% 2023 up 39.7% 103rd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2020 up 2.7% 72nd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.35 GPI 2023 down 9.9% 46th Secondary education, teachers, female 3,512 2023 down 0.8% 140th Primary completion rate, female 101.3% 2024 up 2.8% 37th Primary completion rate, male 97.7% 2024 up 2.1% 61st Government expenditure on education, total 4.4% 2016 up 140.0% 84th Secondary education, general pupils 38,822 2018 down 10.4% 161st Lower secondary completion rate, total 105.0% 2024 up 3.9% 9th School enrollment, preprimary, female 63.1% 2020 down 5.4% 105th School enrollment, preprimary, male 63.8% 2020 down 5.6% 107th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 97.0% 2019 up 0.9% 50th Government expenditure on education, total 11.4% 2016 up 115.8% 125th Secondary education, general pupils 49.2% 2018 down 0.6% 137th Lower secondary completion rate, female 106.2% 2024 up 3.4% 10th Lower secondary completion rate, male 103.8% 2024 up 4.2% 10th Children out of school 3.6% 2024 up 198.2% 102nd Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 37,751 2024 down 8.1% 171st Secondary education, pupils 40,924 2023 down 20.9% 167th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 97.6% 2019 up 1.4% 50th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 96.5% 2019 up 0.5% 51st Secondary education, vocational pupils 5,257 2018 up 51.0% 141st Number of under-five deaths, male 35 2024 down 14.6% 166th Number of under-five deaths, female 27 2024 down 15.6% 166th Number of infant deaths, female 24 2024 down 14.3% 166th Number of infant deaths, male 29 2024 down 14.7% 167th Children out of school, female 3.4% 2024 — 114th Children out of school, male 3.8% 2024 — 102nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 47.4% 2018 up 26.3% 47th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 100.5% 2018 down 6.3% 105th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.3% 2025 down 25.4% 85th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.3% 2025 down 38.8% 103rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.3% 2025 down 31.5% 91st Primary education, teachers 77.8% 2024 up 1.4% 97th Repeaters, primary, total 0.1% 2018 down 90.1% 164th Page 1 of 3 Next →