Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Montenegro
Montenegro: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 79.8% in 2018. ▬ Flat
Latest (2018)
79.8%
Change on year
down 4.1%
World rank
13th
of 33 countries
All-time high
83.4%
in 2014
All-time low
79.8%
in 2018
Years of data
5
2014–2018
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Montenegro, 2014–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Montenegro recorded 79.8% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 4.3% over five years.
That places Montenegro 13th out of 33 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 83.4% | — |
| 2015 | 82.2% | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 83.2% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 83.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 79.8% | -4.1% |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
- 10 Finland 80.8% compare
- 11 Iceland 80.7% compare
- 12 United States 80.1% compare
- 14 Luxembourg 77.0% compare
- 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.9%
- 16 Denmark 76.5% compare
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 upper secondary education or in Montenegro?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Montenegro was 79.8% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 83.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.8% in 2018.
- How does Montenegro rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Montenegro ranks 13th 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, immigrant background, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release