Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Montenegro

Gross tertiary enrolment in Montenegro was 55.2% in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2009.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Montenegro, 2023 55.2% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2022 −2.3percentage points 2022: 57.4%
World, 2023 43.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 59th of 128 See the full ranking

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Montenegro over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period MontenegroWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 55.2% 43.2%
2022 57.4% 42.0%
2021 58.0% 41.1%
2020 58.1% 39.7%
2019 56.3% 38.7%
2018 58.2% 37.9%
2017 60.9% 37.5%
2016 59.2% 37.1%
2015 63.9% 36.6%
2014 63.2% 35.6%
2013 60.4% 33.1%
2012 60.3% 32.3%
2011 59.0% 31.1%
2010 55.3% 29.6%
2009 51.7% 28.3%
2008 43.6% 27.4%
2007 36.3% 26.3%
2006 29.2% 25.7%
2005 24.9% 24.3%
2004 22.1% 23.6%
2003 18.7% 22.8%
2002 17.7% 21.6%
2001 18.9% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.3 percentage points from 57.4% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 60.4%, the figure has changed by −5.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 128 countries with data for 2023, Montenegro has the 59th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 43.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2023 for Montenegro
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics