Brunei Darussalam

East Asia & Pacific · High income· 463K inhabitants

Last updated: November 11, 2025

Futures readiness profile

Key insights: Brunei Darussalam

Key areas of strength for Brunei Darussalam: School Access and Gender Parity (90, 88th percentile). This reflects substantial capacity for education futures readiness and may serve as models for broader policy learning or international benchmarking.

Critical gaps holding back overall readiness: Innovation (27, 19th percentile). Addressing weak points should be prioritized, as futures readiness demands robust performance across all GEFRI dimensions, not only in select areas.

Areas of untapped potential: Human Capital (51, 53rd percentile). While these scores are at or near the global average, substantial progress and greater ambition are needed to drive transformation and strengthen the country’s future in education.

Composite GEFRI Score

61.74

73rd percentile

Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness

Component scores

School Access and Gender Parity90.29

Above global avg. · 88th %-tile

Governance65.07

Above global avg. · 80th %-tile

Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.

Innovation27.29

Below global avg. · 19th %-tile

Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.

Human Capital50.76

Near the global average · 53rd %-tile

Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.

Infrastructure75.28

Above global avg. · 84th %-tile

Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.

Regional peers: East Asia & Pacific

Global rank	Regional rank	Country	Score
2	1	Korea, Rep.	80.27
4	2	Singapore	79.39
5	3	Hong Kong SAR, China	79.21
7	4	Japan	78.26
9	5	Australia	77.71
17	6	New Zealand	74.85
—	—	Northern Mariana Islands(microstate)	71.25
—	—	New Caledonia(microstate)	70.50
—	—	Guam(microstate)	69.62
—	—	American Samoa(microstate)	69.08
—	—	French Polynesia(microstate)	68.68
44	7	China	63.63
49	8	Brunei Darussalam	61.74
50	9	Thailand	61.59
54	10	Indonesia	60.52
—	—	Palau(microstate)	59.99
—	—	Nauru(microstate)	59.98
61	11	Macao SAR, China	59.29
64	12	Viet Nam	58.46
72	13	Malaysia	56.52
73	14	Mongolia	56.49
74	15	Fiji	56.38
—	—	Tuvalu(microstate)	56.33
—	—	Kiribati(microstate)	53.22
86	16	Philippines	52.65
—	—	Samoa(microstate)	50.71
—	—	Tonga(microstate)	48.79
105	17	Timor-Leste	47.65
—	—	Marshall Islands(microstate)	45.83
115	18	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	43.16
—	—	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.(microstate)	42.86
118	19	Vanuatu	40.73
128	20	Cambodia	35.01
129	21	Myanmar	34.36
134	22	Solomon Islands	32.62
139	23	Lao PDR	30.68
147	24	Papua New Guinea	27.30