Europe & Central Asia · Upper-middle income
Montenegro: key statistics
Montenegro has 623,129 people (2025) and a GDP per person of $14,817. Below: 73 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Podgorica
- Region
- Europe & Central Asia
- Income group
- Upper-middle income
- Currency
- euro EUR
- Languages
- Montenegrin
- ISO codes
- MEMNE
- Land neighbours
- Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo
topic profiles
Montenegro, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
Population
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GDP per capita
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Life expectancy
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Internet users
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Montenegro by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Europe & Central Asia.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 623,129 | 2025 | 169/217 | 48/58 | −0.2% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | -0.06% | 2025 | 175/217 | 41/58 | −0.2 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 65.6% | 2025 | 105/217 | 34/58 | +0.8 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 1.80 | 2024 | 119/217 | 10/58 | +2.9% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 18.3% | 2025 | 46/217 | 36/58 | +3.9 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 17.9% | 2025 | 142/217 | 15/58 | −0.7 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 46.4 | 2024 | 157/216 | 43/57 | ±0.0% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 11.2 | 2024 | 132/217 | 11/58 | −7.4% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 13,883 km² | 2024 | 157/216 | 47/57 | +0.5% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $9.2bn | 2025 | 156/211 | 51/57 | +130% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $14,817 | 2025 | 87/211 | 42/57 | +131% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $35,423 | 2025 | 73/199 | 38/53 | +120% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $14,150 | 2025 | 79/201 | 37/53 | +98% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 2.7% | 2025 | 125/210 | 23/56 | +0.2 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 2.8% | 2025 | 90/210 | 22/56 | +0.4 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 3.4% | 2025 | 123/198 | 22/56 | −1.6 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 11.3% | 2025 | 178/201 | 53/57 | −3.2 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 63.4% | 2025 | 66/201 | 24/57 | +0.3 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 26.9% | 2025 | 49/175 | 13/51 | +7.2 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 7.1% | 2025 | 150/163 | 47/49 | −1.6 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | 3.9% | 2025 | 61/180 | 18/49 | +2.4 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 2.2% | 2025 | 99/136 | 15/24 | −4.3 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 6.3% | 2025 | 93/136 | 16/24 | −2.6 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 0.89 | 2025 | 176/210 | 30/57 | −1.6% | — | |
| External debt | 108.6% | 2024 | 10/119 | 1/20 | −36.6 pp | — | |
| Military spending | 1.89% | 2025 | 70/156 | 31/47 | +0.5 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 40.1% | 2025 | 83/184 | 36/52 | −2.7 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 65.7% | 2025 | 44/184 | 16/52 | +4.3 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 105.8% | 2025 | 54/184 | 21/52 | +1.6 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | -20.4% | 2025 | 178/185 | 49/50 | −9.3 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 7.3% | 2025 | 27/197 | 4/51 | −10.1 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 9.7% | 2025 | 31/178 | 7/50 | −2.0 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 351,000 | 2020 | 139/196 | 46/51 | −68% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 13.6% | 2025 | 19/187 | 1/49 | −4.0 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 24.4% | 2025 | 34/187 | 8/49 | −13.3 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 58.0% | 2025 | 119/187 | 31/49 | +5.6 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 51.2% | 2025 | 112/187 | 33/49 | +5.1 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $92.4m | 2023 | 118/145 | 17/19 | −21% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 1.2% | 2023 | 90/139 | 9/18 | −1.4 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $148 | 2023 | 36/145 | 6/19 | −21% | $32.2 | |
| Extreme poverty | 2.5% | 2021 | 69/151 | 5/47 | +2.1 pp | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 4.0% | 2021 | 83/151 | 7/47 | +3.0 pp | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 20.0% | 2023 | 81/145 | 13/47 | −4.1 pp | — | |
| Gini index | 34.3 | 2021 | 79/151 | 7/47 | +11% | — | |
| Undernourishment | 2.5% | 2024 | 145/167 | 32/47 | ±0.0 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 27.2% | 2025 | 88/190 | 37/52 | +9.9 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 98.5% | 2018 | 30/141 | 21/27 | +0.8 pp | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 97.9% | 2018 | 32/147 | 21/28 | +1.6 pp | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 106.1% | 2023 | 46/191 | 7/53 | +7.0 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 93.9% | 2023 | 85/176 | 40/53 | +1.3 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 55.2% | 2023 | 70/172 | 40/52 | −5.3 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 106.7% | 2023 | 14/168 | 5/47 | +10.5 pp | 88.0% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 77.9 yrs | 2024 | 75/217 | 38/58 | +2.0% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 1.9 | 2024 | 191/196 | 48/52 | −51% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 2.4 | 2024 | 190/196 | 46/52 | −48% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 6 | 2023 | 166/194 | 30/51 | −14% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 9.7% | 2023 | 33/193 | 12/52 | +1.2 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $1,148 | 2023 | 62/193 | 34/52 | +92% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 2.78 | 2023 | 67/180 | 44/50 | +31% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 23% | 2024 | 193/193 | 51/51 | −53.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 0.1% | 2024 | 131/153 | 28/35 | ±0.0 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 7.2% | 2018 | 114/154 | 7/28 | −0.7 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 99.3% | 2024 | 74/206 | 37/56 | +1.8 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 97.8% | 2024 | 74/203 | 37/54 | +2.9 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 88.9% | 2024 | 65/188 | 36/51 | +25.0 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 221.7 | 2024 | 3/210 | 1/56 | +38% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 32.3 | 2024 | 50/208 | 33/55 | +96% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 100.0% | 2024 | 70/215 | 37/57 | +2.3 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 73.0% | 2024 | 123/192 | 50/51 | +12.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renewable energy | 39.6% | 2021 | 60/212 | 8/54 | −3.2 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 61.8% | 2021 | 53/206 | 17/51 | +16.5 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 61.5% | 2024 | 30/214 | 4/57 | ±0.0 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 0.7% | 2024 | 192/206 | 51/53 | +0.1 pp | 10.7% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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