Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Montenegro
Montenegro: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 96.9% in 2018. ▬ Flat
Latest (2018)
96.9%
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
27th
of 38 countries
All-time high
96.9%
in 2018
All-time low
95.3%
in 2014
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
In 2018, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Montenegro stood at 96.9%. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.7% over five years.
That places Montenegro 27th out of 38 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 95.3% | — |
| 2015 | 96.2% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 96.0% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 96.4% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 96.9% | +0.5% |
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More education data for Montenegro
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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)
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 96.9% 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 96.9% in 2018.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.3% in 2014.
- How does Montenegro rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Montenegro ranks 27th out of 38 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, non-immigrant background, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release