Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Montenegro
Montenegro: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9942 NPIA in 2018. ▬ Flat
Latest (2018)
0.9942 NPIA
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
20th
of 33 countries
All-time high
1.01 NPIA
in 2014
All-time low
0.9942 NPIA
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 NPIA.
Analysis
Montenegro recorded 0.9942 NPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.7% over five years.
Montenegro ranks 20th of 33 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | NPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1.01 NPIA | — |
| 2015 | 1.01 NPIA | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9946 NPIA | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9956 NPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9942 NPIA | -0.1% |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
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 0.9942 NPIA 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 1.01 NPIA in 2014.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9942 NPIA in 2018.
- How does Montenegro rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Montenegro ranks 20th out of 33 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, adjusted native parity index (NPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release