Duration of compulsory education in Montserrat
Montserrat: Duration of compulsory education was 12 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Duration of compulsory education in Montserrat, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Montserrat recorded 12 years for duration of compulsory education in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, duration of compulsory education in Montserrat peaked at 12 years in 2009 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1998.
Montserrat ranks 33rd of 205 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.9 years | 7 years | 12 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 6 |
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More education data for Montserrat
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.45 live births per woman (2024)
- Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 1.44 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 1.44 live births per woman (2023)
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 107.2% (2023)
- Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 44.7% (2019)
- Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 32.2% (2019)
- Official entrance age to compulsory education 5 years (2025)
- Share of children in primary school age who are in school 93.3% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is duration of compulsory education in Montserrat?
- Duration of compulsory education in Montserrat was 12 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest duration of compulsory education recorded in Montserrat?
- The highest recorded value was 12 years in 2009.
- What is the lowest duration of compulsory education recorded in Montserrat?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1998.
- How does Montserrat rank for duration of compulsory education?
- Montserrat ranks 33rd out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is duration of compulsory education rising or falling in Montserrat?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Montserrat data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Duration of compulsory education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of years of compulsory education is based on students starting at the earliest entrance age, studying full-time, and advancing without grade repetition or skipping.