Montenegro: Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment)

Key figures

Since 2003 it is up 1.06 percentage points from 1.22% in 2003. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2018, Montenegro had the 62nd highest value of the 77 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Montenegro in the 2018 ranking

• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 59th of 77: 2.55%
• Qatar — 60th of 77: 2.53%
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 61st of 77: 2.43%
• Armenia — 63rd of 77: 2.15%
• Barbados — 64th of 77: 1.9%
• Mongolia — 65th of 77: 1.79%

What this measures

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.

All 11 values

Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) in nearby economies

• Albania — 6.58% (2018)
• Armenia — 2.15% (2018)
• Austria — 13.47% (2017)
• Azerbaijan — 7.06% (2018)
• Belarus — 5.54% (2018)
• Belgium — 4.81% (2017)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 3.85% (2018)
• Bulgaria — 1.57% (2017)
• Croatia — 0.86% (2017)
• Cyprus — 1.7% (2017)

More education data for Montenegro

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
• Compulsory education, duration (years) — 9 (2025)
• Preprimary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.34 (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 55.17% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) — 66.92% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross)

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Questions people ask

What is Montenegro's over-age students, primary (% of enrollment)?

2.28% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2003?

It is up 1.06 percentage points from 1.22% in 2003. The highest value was 2.28% in 2018 and the lowest 0.51% in 2005.

How does Montenegro rank?

62nd highest of 77 economies with data for 2018.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.OENR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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