Extreme poverty rate in Montenegro
2.5% of people in Montenegro lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2021.
Montenegro, 2021
2.5%
Change from 2020
+0.3percentage points
World, 2021
11.3%
Position in 2021
29th of 81
Extreme poverty rate in Montenegro over time
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Montenegro | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 2.5% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | – |
| 2018 | 3.9% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 4.6% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 3.3% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 5.2% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 5.6% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | – | 30.3% |
| 2003 | – | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 2.2% in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 0.4%, the figure has changed by +2.1 percentage points.
- Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Montenegro has the 29th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 11.3%.
More for Montenegro
All statistics for Montenegro
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
20.0%
2023 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
2.5%
2024 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
19.7%
2024 · Eurostat
Poverty or social exclusion rate
29.1%
2024 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
31.6 (0 to 100)
2024 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
5.75 times
2024 · Eurostat