Labour force participation in Montenegro
The ILO estimates that 58.0% of people aged 15 and over in Montenegro were in the labour force in 2025.
Montenegro, 2025
58.0%
Change from 2024
−0.3percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
118th of 181
Labour force participation in Montenegro over time
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% of working-age population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Montenegro | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.0% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 58.2% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 58.6% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 55.5% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 48.1% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 50.4% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 54.6% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 53.6% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 52.6% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 52.7% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 58.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 52.4%, the figure has changed by +5.6 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Montenegro has the 118th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Montenegro
All statistics for Montenegro
Women's labour force participation
51.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
50.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
17.9%
2020 · Eurostat
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
36.0%
2020 · Eurostat
Long-term unemployment rate
13.4%
2020 · Eurostat
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
55.2%
2020 · Eurostat