Youth literacy in Brunei

In Brunei, 99.4% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2011.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1981 to 2011 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Brunei is for 2011. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Brunei, 2011 99.4% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2001 +0.5percentage points 2001: 98.9%

Youth literacy in Brunei over time

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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 (% of people aged 15 to 24), 2001 to 2011
Period Brunei
2011 99.4%
2001 98.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 98.9% in 2001, a change of +0.5 percentage points.
  • Since 1981, when it was 93.7%, the figure has changed by +5.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
LR.AG15T24 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1981 to 2011 for Brunei
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org