7 answers, 2 from Monaco's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
Monaco's public schools had 4,139 pupils in the 2025-26 school year, according to IMSEE, Monaco en Chiffres 2026, chapter 6: 605 in pre-school, 1,281 in primary and 2,253 in secondary. Private schools under contract with the state had 1,361 pupils and private schools outside contract 848.
Figures are taken on 31 December of each school year. Public school numbers have fallen slightly from 4,263 in 2023-24. Public schools employed 485 teachers. Pupils sit the French brevet and baccalauréat, and the yearbook reports their results. The yearbook also covers higher education courses in the lycées and scholarships.
99.5% of candidates in Monaco passed the baccalauréat in 2025, and 78.7% passed with honours (mention), according to Direction de l'Éducation Nationale data in IMSEE, Monaco en Chiffres 2026. The pass rate was 99.7% for the general bac, 100% for the technological bac and 98.5% for the vocational bac.
The yearbook compares these results with the Académie de Nice, the French education region next door, where the pass rate was 92.1%. At the end of lower secondary, 94.3% of Monaco pupils passed the Diplôme National du Brevet in 2025, compared with 85.6% in the Académie de Nice.
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
158.5%: that is gross secondary school enrolment in Monaco for 2024, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. It was 153.6% in 2016. It is 1st highest of 34 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 101.1%. World rank, highest first: 1st of 100.
77.5%: that is gross tertiary enrolment in Monaco for 2024, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. It was 53.6% in 2016. It is 12th highest of 34 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 71.1%. Worldwide: 16th of 90.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts government spending on education in Monaco at 1.7% of GDP in 2023. Since 2009 it has ranged from 1.0% of GDP (2014) to 1.8% of GDP (2012). Europe & Central Asia median: 3.7% of GDP; Monaco is 16th highest of 16. World rank, highest first: 103rd of 112.
The latest figure from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, for 2019, is 12. That compares with 22 in 2001.
In 2024, the primary completion rate in Monaco was 135.0%, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. In 2016 the figure was 152.9%. Europe & Central Asia median: 98.2%; Monaco is 1st highest of 30. World rank, highest first: 1st of 104.
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