South Korea vs Montenegro: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling

South Korea

12.72 years

in 2023

Montenegro

12.77 years

in 2023

South Korea rank

25th

Montenegro rank

23rd

Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling over time

Montenegro currently reports 12.77 years against 12.72 years in South Korea, a difference of 0.0517 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2003 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 25th and Montenegro ranks 23rd of 192 countries.

Indicator: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling
Unit: years
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 6,079 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.