Brunei

Adult literacy in Brunei

Adult literacy in Brunei: 77.7% in 1981 and 96.1% in 2011, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2011
96.1%
Since 1981
+18.4 percentage points
World, 2011
84.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in BruneiAdult literacy in Brunei: 77.7% in 1981 and 96.1% in 2011, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 84.7% in 2011.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearBruneiWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
201196.184.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
200192.781.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
199187.875.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
198177.768.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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