Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Montenegro

4.0% of people in Montenegro lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest since 2011.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 2005 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Montenegro, 2021 4.0% % of population
Change from 2020 −0.9percentage points 2020: 4.9%
World, 2021 21.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 34th of 81 See the full ranking

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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.

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period MontenegroWorld
2024 – 18.2%
2023 – 19.3%
2022 – 20.5%
2021 4.0% 21.4%
2020 4.9% 22.1%
2019 4.9% –
2018 6.9% 22.3%
2017 7.5% 23.6%
2016 6.2% 24.9%
2015 8.5% 26.3%
2014 9.3% 27.9%
2013 8.7% 29.3%
2012 11.1% 32.0%
2011 1.0% 33.6%
2010 0.8% 35.8%
2009 0.6% 38.1%
2008 0.5% 39.3%
2007 0.6% 40.5%
2006 1.2% 42.2%
2005 1.6% 43.7%
2004 – 45.4%
2003 – 47.2%
2002 – 48.6%
2001 – 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 4.9% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 1.0%, the figure has changed by +3.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Montenegro has the 34th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 21.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · 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