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Monaco
Monaco places highest on Expected Years of Schooling (top 1% worldwide) and lowest on Government Funding per Primary Student (bottom 1%).
Monaco in the Nations Inquiry Country Index
Monaco appears in 28 of the statistics tracked here, but is not placed in the Country Index: the index needs a standing on three quarters of its topics, and Monaco is measured on too few of them. Every published reading below is unaffected.
At a glance
Population
38,956
people
since 1950
Land area
2.084
km²
since 1961
Life expectancy
86.37
years at birth
since 1950
The newest published figure for each, the year it describes and who published it, with a line showing how it has moved.
01The country
About Monaco
Key facts about Monaco
- Capital
- Monaco
- Official language
- French
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- ISO code
- MCO · MC
- Domain · dialling
- .mc · +377
As Wikidata records them. Official languages are the least consistent — some countries list only a national language, others every regional one. Sources and licences.
02Country Index 2026
Where it stands, topic by topic
Strongest first. Each position is Monaco’s place among the countries with a standing on that topic, built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things.
2ndof 201
From 2 of 4 key statistics
15thof 198
From 2 of 3 key statistics
No standing — Monaco holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Monaco holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Monaco holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Monaco holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Monaco holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Monaco holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Monaco holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Monaco holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Monaco holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Monaco holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
Each standing is built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things. Select a subject for Monaco’s readings on it, or see every statistic held for Monaco in the table further down this page.
03Highs and lows
Where Monaco stands out
The two ends of its own record: every statistic on which Monaco sits within ten places of the best or worst in the world, plus its strongest and weakest readings overall. Each is turned into a percentile — its place among every country measured — which is what lets a hunger score and a press-freedom rank be compared at all.
Where Monaco does best8
In the top third of all countries measured. 8 are within ten places of the best in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 1st
Position · derived 1st of 195 · 21.69 · 2023
world median 13.34 (better)
- 1stLife Expectancy at Birthtop 1%
Position · derived 1st of 222 · 86.37 · 2023
world median 74.63 (better)
- 1stDeaths in Organized Violencetop 35%
Position · derived 59th of 59 · 1 = worst · 0 · 2025
world median 0
- 1st
- 1st
Position · derived 1st of 109 · 158.55 · 2024
world median 93.19 (better)
- 1stGlobal Violent Deathstop 1%
Position · derived 206th of 206 · 1 = worst · 0 · 2021
world median 4.02 (better)
- 1stWorld Risk Indextop 1%
Position · derived 193rd of 193 · 1 = worst · 0.18 · 2025
world median 4.17 (better)
- 2nd
Position · derived 2nd of 75 · 86.73 · 2024
world median 5.494 (better) · ▲ 89 pts since 2017
Where Monaco struggles most3
Nothing falls into the world's bottom third — these are Monaco's weakest areas even so. 1 is within ten places of the worst in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 1st
Position · derived 68th of 68 · 3.771 · 2022
world median 17.81 (worse)
- Government Spending on Educationbottom 8%
Position · derived 113th of 123 · 1.732 · 2023
world median 3.709 (worse) · ▲ 7 pts since 2013
- Government AI Readiness Indexbottom 46%
Rank 105th of 195 · 38.62 · 2025
world median 40.19 (worse) · ▼ 19 pts since 2023
A band is a place among the countries each publisher scores, so Monaco can move because other countries moved. See the Country Index for the full method.
04Over time
Which way it is moving
The published rank in widely quoted reports, edition by edition — each end with the size of that year’s field — and the statistics, not already named above, on which it has gained or lost the most ground.
Gaining ground
Where Monaco has climbed against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
- Tertiary Enrolment Ratio+26 pts since 2016
- Political Stability and Absence of Violence+18 pts since 2014
Losing ground
Where Monaco has slipped against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
- Access to Electricity-8 pts since 2014
- Maternal Mortality Ratio-5 pts since 2013
05In context
Monaco and its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place in the world ranking, not within the region.
Shares a land border with
Across Western Europe
Every country in the sub-region, by its position in the world.
- 1
Switzerland - =2
Netherlands - 6
Austria - 7
Germany - 11
Luxembourg - 23
Belgium - 25
France - —
Liechtensteinnot placed - —Monaconot placed
06The evidence
Every statistic we hold for Monaco
Grouped by topic. Each row gives the newest edition’s rank or position, the published value and the year the numbers describe — select a row for the world median, the best in the world and the trend.
Governance & Institutions10
Civic Space Ratings22nd of 198position · derived87.62Civic space score (0–100)2025
Top fifth · top 11% of 198 countries measured
CIVICUS · Civic space score (0–100)
Monaco 87.62 · world median 50.46 (better)
Best in the world 100 (Kiribati)
No earlier reading to compare
Completeness of Birth Registrationtop 14%100Children under 5 whose birth is registered (%)2025
Top fifth · top 14% of 185 countries measured
UNICEF · Children under 5 whose birth is registered (%)
Monaco 100 · world median 98.4 (better)
Best in the world 100 (53 countries tied)
No earlier reading to compare
Government AI Readiness Index105th of 195rank38.62AI readiness score (0–100)2025
Middle · bottom 46% of 195 countries measured
Oxford Insights · AI readiness score (0–100)
Monaco 38.62 · world median 40.19 (worse)
Best in the world 88.36 (United States)
▼ -19 percentile points since 2023
Government Effectiveness13th of 209position · derived1.737Governance estimate (−2.5 weak to 2.5 strong)2024
Top fifth · top 6% of 209 countries measured
World Bank Group · Governance estimate (−2.5 weak to 2.5 strong)
Monaco 1.737 · world median 0.01 (better)
Best in the world 2.28 (Singapore)
No real change since 2015
Government Funding per Primary Student68th of 68position · derived3.771Government funding per primary student (% of GDP per capita)2022
Bottom fifth · bottom 1% of 68 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Government funding per primary student (% of GDP per capita)
Monaco 3.771 · world median 17.81 (worse)
Best in the world 34.57 (South Korea)
No real change since 2012
Government Spending on Education113th of 123position · derived1.732Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)2023
Bottom fifth · bottom 8% of 123 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Monaco 1.732 · world median 3.709 (worse)
Best in the world 16.39 (Kiribati)
▲ +7 percentile points since 2013
Regulatory Quality31st of 209position · derived1.102Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5)2024
Top fifth · top 15% of 209 countries measured
World Bank Group · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5)
Monaco 1.102 · world median -0.09 (better)
Best in the world 2.132 (Singapore)
▼ -5 percentile points since 2015
Rule of Law22nd of 211position · derived1.345Rule of Law estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)2024
Top fifth · top 10% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Rule of Law estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Monaco 1.345 · world median -0.1 (better)
Best in the world 2.021 (Finland)
▲ +4 percentile points since 2014
Voice and Accountability51st of 208position · derived0.837Voice and Accountability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)2024
Upper middle · top 24% of 208 countries measured
World Bank Group · Voice and Accountability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Monaco 0.837 · world median -0.02 (better)
Best in the world 1.929 (Norway)
▲ +5 percentile points since 2014
Economy & Innovation1
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)180th of 180position · derived0Natural resources rents (% of GDP)2021
Bottom fifth · bottom 4% of 197 countries measured · 197 share 180 positions
World Bank Group · Natural resources rents (% of GDP)
Monaco 0 · world median 1.708
Highest 61.03 (Libya)
No real change since 2011
Education & Knowledge6
Expected Years of Schooling1st of 195position · derived21.69Expected years of schooling2023
Top fifth · top 1% of 195 countries measured
UNDP Human Development Report Office · Expected years of schooling
Monaco 21.69 · world median 13.34 (better)
Best in the world 21.69 (Monaco)
No real change since 2013
Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary2nd of 75position · derived86.73Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%)2024
Top fifth · top 1% of 76 countries measured · 76 share 75 positions
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%)
Monaco 86.73 · world median 5.494 (better)
Best in the world 87.12 (San Marino)
▲ +89 percentile points since 2017
Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate36th of 120position · derived85.29Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%)2024
Upper middle · top 29% of 120 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%)
Monaco 85.29 · world median 65.93 (better)
Best in the world 99.85 (Moldova)
No earlier reading to compare
School Life Expectancy1st of 77position · derived21.01School life expectancy, primary to tertiary (years)2024
Top fifth · top 1% of 77 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · School life expectancy, primary to tertiary (years)
Monaco 21.01 · world median 14.59 (better)
Best in the world 21.01 (Monaco)
No real change since 2016
Secondary School Enrolment1st of 109position · derived158.55Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%)2024
Top fifth · top 1% of 109 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%)
Monaco 158.55 · world median 93.19 (better)
Best in the world 158.55 (Monaco)
No real change since 2016
Tertiary Enrolment Ratio18th of 95position · derived77.48Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary (%)2024
Top fifth · top 18% of 95 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary (%)
Monaco 77.48 · world median 52.77 (better)
Best in the world 141.86 (Macau)
▲ +26 percentile points since 2016
Health & Wellbeing4
Global Violent Deaths206th of 206position · derived · 1 = worst0Violent deaths per 100,000 people2021
Top fifth · top 1% of 209 countries measured · 209 share 206 positions
Small Arms Survey · Violent deaths per 100,000 people
Monaco 0 · world median 4.02 (better)
Best in the world 0 (4 countries tied)
No real change since 2011
Life Expectancy at Birth1st of 222position · derived86.37Years a newborn would live at current death rates2023
Top fifth · top 1% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Monaco 86.37 · world median 74.63 (better)
Best in the world 86.37 (Monaco)
No real change since 2013
Maternal Mortality Ratio169th of 195position · derived · 1 = worst5.22Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births2023
Top fifth · top 13% of 195 countries measured
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
Monaco 5.22 · world median 46.65 (better)
Best in the world 0.11 (Cook Islands)
▼ -5 percentile points since 2013
Under-Five Mortality Rate187th of 200position · derived · 1 = worst2.661Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)2024
Top fifth · top 7% of 200 countries measured
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) · Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Monaco 2.661 · world median 14.54 (better)
Best in the world 1.26 (San Marino)
No real change since 2014
Development & Human Capital2
Access to Electricitytop 28%100Population with electricity access (%)2024
Upper middle · top 28% of 215 countries measured
World Bank Group · Population with electricity access (%)
Monaco 100 · world median 100
Best in the world 100 (122 countries tied)
▼ -8 percentile points since 2014
Water Withdrawal by Sector171st of 171position · derived0Freshwater withdrawn for agriculture (% of total)2022
Bottom fifth · bottom 1% of 173 countries measured · 173 share 171 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Freshwater withdrawn for agriculture (% of total)
Monaco 0 · world median 62.14
Highest 99.48 (Somalia)
No real change since 2012
Environment & Sustainability3
Agricultural Emissions193rd of 193position · derived0Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq)2023
Bottom fifth · bottom 1% of 198 countries measured · 198 share 193 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq)
Monaco 0 · world median 8,635
Highest 1,044,508 (India)
No real change since 2013
Forest Area210th of 210position · derived0Forest area (% of land area)2023
Bottom fifth · bottom 1% of 213 countries measured · 213 share 210 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Forest area (% of land area)
Monaco 0 · world median 31.08
Highest 94.45 (Suriname)
No real change since 2013
World Risk Index193rd of 193position · derived · 1 = worst0.18WorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)2025
Top fifth · top 1% of 193 countries measured
Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum · WorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)
Monaco 0.18 · world median 4.17 (better)
Best in the world 0.18 (Monaco)
No real change since 2015
Peace & Security2
Deaths in Organized Violence59th of 59position · derived · 1 = worst0Deaths in organized violence (people)2025
Upper middle · top 35% of 196 countries measured · 196 share 59 positions
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) · Deaths in organized violence (people)
Monaco 0 · world median 0
Best in the world 0 (138 countries tied)
No real change since 2015
Political Stability and Absence of Violence17th of 211position · derived1.239Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)2024
Top fifth · top 8% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Monaco 1.239 · world median 0.04 (better)
Best in the world 1.582 (Liechtenstein)
▲ +18 percentile points since 2014
Not currently covered
The newest edition of these reports does not include Monaco. Usually the publisher does not cover it; sometimes it has dropped out of a ranking it used to appear in.
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
- Adjusted Net Savings
- Adult Literacy Rate
- Agricultural Irrigated Land
- Agricultural Land
- Agriculture Orientation Index
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP)
- Arable Land per Person
- Average Weekly Hours Worked
- Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff
- Business Ready: Operational Efficiency
- Business Ready: Public Services
- Business Ready: Regulatory Framework
- Cereal Import Dependency Ratio
- Cereal Yield
- Child Marriage
- Children with Functional Difficulties
- Coefficient of Human Inequality
- Container Port Traffic
- Corruption Perceptions Index
- Cost of Sending Remittances
- Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
- Crop Production Index
- Debt Service on External Debt
- Dietary Energy Supply
- Ecological Footprint
- Economic Complexity Index
- Employment in Agriculture
- Employment in Industry
- Employment in Services
- Employment-to-Population Ratio
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months
- Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)
- External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)
- Fatal Occupational Injuries
- Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence
- Female Labour Force Participation Rate
- Female Share of Senior and Middle Management
- Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare
- Firms with a Female Top Manager
- Food Production Index
- GDP Growth · last seen 2024
- GDP per Capita (PPP)
- GDP per Person Employed
- Gender Development Index
- Gender Inequality Index
- Gender Social Norms Index
- General Government Consumption
- Gini Index
- Global Innovation Index
- Global Militarisation Index
- Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
- Global Report on Food Crises
- GNI per Capita (PPP)
- Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)
- Gross Savings (% of GDP)
- Household Consumption
- Human Capital Index
- Human Development Index
- ICT Goods Exports
- Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)
- Income Share Held by Lowest 20%
- Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- INFORM Risk Index
- INFORM Severity Index
- Informal Employment Rate
- Internal Displacements by Disaster
- Labour Force Participation Rate
- Labour Income Share
- Labour Productivity per Hour Worked
- Land Under Cereal Production
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
- Livestock Density
- Livestock Production Index
- Logistics Performance Index
- Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)
- Mean Years of Schooling
- Net Official Development Assistance Received
- Open Data Inventory
- Organic Agricultural Area
- Out-of-School Rate, Primary
- Pesticide Use per Hectare
- Physical Violence Index
- PISA Mathematics Performance
- PISA Reading Performance
- PISA Science Performance
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
- Prevalence of Undernourishment
- Primary Completion Rate
- Prosperity Gap
- Public Sector Employment
- Public Sector Wage Bill
- Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita
- Renewable Share of Electricity Generation
- Research and Development Spending · last seen 2005
- Self-Employment Rate
- Social Institutions and Gender Index
- Statistical Performance Indicators
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
- Trade (% of GDP)
- Trade Union Density
- Unemployment Rate
- Upper Secondary Attainment
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate
- V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index
- Violent Discipline of Children
- Vulnerable Employment
- Water Stress
- Women, Business and the Law
- Working Poverty Rate
- World Energy Trilemma Index
- Youth Literacy Rate
- Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training
- Youth Unemployment Rate
07Keep reading
Explore further
08Method
Sources and how to read them
How to read this page
- The scores and ranks belong to their publishers. Nothing is adjusted, rescaled or re-ranked; each is reproduced from the edition named beside it. Where a row says position · derived, the publisher ranks nobody on that measure and the position is ours, made by ordering the published score.
- Each statistic shows its newest edition, which is not always the edition the Country Index uses: the index pins every source to one data year so its average compares like with like.
How a standing is built from percentiles, why Monaco can move because other countries moved, and why publishers measure between 120 and 215 countries each are set out in full in how a standing is made and what a standing cannot tell you.
Sources
- Statistics: 14 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
- Capital, languages, currency, codes: Wikidata, public domain (CC0).
- Map and land borders: Natural Earth, public domain. Borders are de facto — where administration actually changes — not claimed.
Photographs
The photograph of Monaco on this page comes from Wikimedia Commons and is shown in greyscale. The photographer and the licence are named beside each one.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Monaco: country statistics, rankings and trends. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/monaco