Income share held by the richest 10% in Montenegro

The richest 10% of people in Montenegro received 24.7% of total income or consumption in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest since 2011.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 2005 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Montenegro, 2021 24.7% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2020 −0.7percentage points 2020: 25.4%
Position in 2021 57th of 81 See the full ranking

Income share held by the richest 10% in Montenegro over time

View
Places
1 selected
Montenegro

% of total income or consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Income share held by the richest 10% (% of total income or consumption), 2005 to 2021
Period Montenegro
2021 24.7%
2020 25.4%
2019 25.3%
2018 26.0%
2017 26.0%
2016 27.7%
2015 27.7%
2014 26.9%
2013 27.2%
2012 28.7%
2011 24.7%
2010 22.6%
2009 24.8%
2008 24.5%
2007 24.5%
2006 23.2%
2005 24.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 25.4% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 24.7%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Montenegro has the 57th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.DST.10TH.10 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2005 to 2021 for Montenegro
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform