Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Montenegro
Montenegro: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 97.0% in 2018. ▬ Flat
Latest (2018)
97.0%
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
23rd
of 34 countries
All-time high
99.6%
in 2015
All-time low
97.0%
in 2018
Years of data
5
2014–2018
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Montenegro, 2014–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Montenegro recorded 97.0% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 1.2% over five years.
Montenegro ranks 23rd of 34 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 98.3% | — |
| 2015 | 99.6% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 97.6% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 97.9% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 97.0% | -0.9% |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
- 20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 98.1% compare
- 21 Italy 97.8% compare
- 22 Cyprus 97.7% compare
- 24 Luxembourg 96.9% compare
- 25 United States of America 96.4% compare
- 26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 95.1%
More education data for Montenegro
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 106.11 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 106.1% (2023)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.8 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Montenegro?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Montenegro was 97.0% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 99.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.0% in 2018.
- How does Montenegro rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Montenegro ranks 23rd out of 34 countries with data for 2018.
- Where does this Montenegro data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, immigrant background, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release