Montenegro
Last updated July 15, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Access & Parity is strong, but Innovation lags
Montenegro shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (71st percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.
- Global percentile
- 71st
- Global rank
- #52
- Regional rank
- #34
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Country profile
Montenegro shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Its strongest results are in School Access and Gender Parity (92, 91st percentile).
Wide gaps between dimensions reveal structural weaknesses that slow coordinated progress. High internet adoption enables broad participation in digital learning and innovation.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Gender parity across secondary pathways reflects sustained commitment to equitable participation.
Regionally, Innovation lags peers the most, signalling where investment could have the highest impact.
Challenges: Innovation (31, 11th percentile). Closing these gaps will be key to sustaining progress.
Areas with room to grow: Governance (55, 69th percentile) and Human Capital (54, 62nd percentile). These dimensions sit close to global norms and could accelerate quickly with targeted investment.
Most indicators are observed rather than imputed, so estimation uncertainty is limited.
Key insights
Sits above the global median at the 71st percentile.
Places 52nd worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 34th within Europe & Central Asia.
Scores range from Access & Parity (92.0) to Innovation (30.9), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Trails regional peers most clearly in Innovation.
Regional peers: Europe & Central Asia
Composite GEFRI Score