Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Montenegro
Montenegro: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 78.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Montenegro, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Montenegro recorded 78.1% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.3% on the previous year and up 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Montenegro peaked at 78.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 27.2%, in 2007.
That places Montenegro 66th out of 178 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.9% | 27.2% | 32.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 57.9% | 33.7% | 69.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 73.8% | 69.5% | 78.1% | 3 |
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More education data for Montenegro
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 106.1% (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.8 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.5% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 105.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Montenegro?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Montenegro was 78.1% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 78.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.2% in 2007.
- How does Montenegro rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Montenegro ranks 66th out of 178 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Montenegro data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.