Brunei Darussalam: Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Key figures

Since 1970 it is up 13.42 percentage points from 5.47% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 25 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.28 percentage points in 1990 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.51 percentage points in 1989. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2016, Brunei Darussalam had the 30th highest value of the 35 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Brunei Darussalam in the 2016 ranking

• Slovenia — 27th of 35: 19.74%
• Ireland — 28th of 35: 19.58%
• Italy — 29th of 35: 19.12%
• Aruba — 31st of 35: 18.39%
• Hungary — 32nd of 35: 16.08%
• Latvia — 33rd of 35: 16.04%

What this measures

Expenditure on tertiary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Limitations: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 22 values

Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies

• Australia — 26.82% (2016)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 29.39% (2018)
• Indonesia — 15.8% (2015)
• Korea, Rep. — 20.45% (2016)
• Macao SAR, China — 37.12% (2017)
• Malaysia — 21.35% (2018)
• Mongolia — 6.41% (2017)
• Myanmar — 14.63% (2019)

More education data for Brunei Darussalam

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 37,751 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 94.82% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 95.03% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 94.63% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 3,846 (2024)
• Primary education, teachers (% female)

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Questions people ask

What is Brunei Darussalam's expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)?

18.89% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 13.42 percentage points from 5.47% in 1970. The highest value was 31.92% in 2014 and the lowest 1.17% in 1993.

How does Brunei Darussalam rank?

30th highest of 35 economies with data for 2016.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.TERT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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