Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Montenegro
14.5% of people in Montenegro lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest since 2011.
Montenegro, 2021
14.5%
Change from 2020
−3.1percentage points
World, 2021
48.7%
Position in 2021
40th of 81
Poverty rate at $8.30 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.
| Period | Montenegro | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | – | 47.1% |
| 2022 | – | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 14.5% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 17.6% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 17.6% | – |
| 2018 | 21.1% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 19.2% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 20.1% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 24.6% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 25.9% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 28.2% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 29.5% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 12.0% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 10.0% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 7.5% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 6.4% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 9.5% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 16.3% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 16.4% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | – | 67.4% |
| 2003 | – | 68.7% |
| 2002 | – | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.1 percentage points from 17.6% in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 12.0%, the figure has changed by +2.5 percentage points.
- Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Montenegro has the 40th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 48.7%.
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Severe material and social deprivation
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