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2024
global knowledge index
Montenegro
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):17.115
- Population:633,552
- HDI:0.844
44/141
Gki
Score
53.3
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Montenegro is a strong performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 44th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 43rd out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Educational attainment rate, bachelor’s or equivalent
- Teachers in tertiary education, gender parity
- Proportion of children who are developmentally on track
- Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, location parity
- Net enrolment rate in lower secondary education
Areas of Improvement
- Transport productive capacity
- Extent of staff training
- Unemployment rate with vocational education
- Quality of vocational training
- Firms producing new products and services (%)
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
36
75.21
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
54
53.95
Higher
Education
14
60.25
Research, Development
and Innovation
69
29.27
Information and
Communications Technology
51
55.2
Economy
64
52.54
Enabling
Environment
49
61.35
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GKI Pillars
