Montenegro
Factsheet with the latest official statistics, prepared on 14 November 2026 from publication 29 of PiSpace Open Data.
Population
623,129 people
GDP per capita in US dollars
US$14,817 per person
Life expectancy at birth
77.9 years
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
17.9%
HICP inflation
4.1%
| Measure | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population and ageing | |||
| Population on 1 January | 623,327 people people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Population by age and sex | 623,327 people people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Crude birth rate | 11.1 per 1,000 people per 1,000 people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Migration and citizenship | |||
| Immigration | 20,016 immigrants immigrants | 2024 | Eurostat |
| First-time asylum applicants | 145 applicants applicants | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Net migration rate | -1.5 per 1,000 people per 1,000 people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Employment and occupations | |||
| 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 |
| Wages and labour costs | |||
| Median equivalised net income | €6,600 per year per year | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Unadjusted gender pay gap | 7.7% | 2014 | Eurostat |
| Hourly labour cost | €5.6 per hour per hour | 2016 | Eurostat |
| Economy and productivity | |||
| GDP per capita in euro | €13,270 per person per person | 2025 | Eurostat |
| GDP per capita in PPS | 54 (EU = 100)p (Provisional) (EU = 100) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Real GDP growth | 3.3% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Prices and purchasing power | |||
| HICP price index | 141.81 (2015 = 100)d (Definition differs) (2015 = 100) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Monthly HICP inflation | 5.5% | September 2026 | Eurostat |
| Consumer price level index | 58 (EU = 100) (EU = 100) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Housing and households | |||
| Housing cost overburden rate | 8.7% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Overcrowding rate | 53.2% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Home ownership rate | 87.3% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Education and skills | |||
| NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 | 26.6% | 2020 | Eurostat |
| Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34 | 40.4% | 2020 | Eurostat |
| Early leavers from education and training | 3.6% | 2020 | Eurostat |
| Health and healthcare | |||
| Life expectancy at birth | 77.6 yearsb (Break in time series) years | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Infant mortality rate | 1.6 per 1,000 live births per 1,000 live births | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Hospital beds | 387 per 100,000 peopled (Definition differs) per 100,000 people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Internet and digital society | |||
| Households with internet access | 88.1% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Internet use in the last three months | 94.2% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Daily internet use | 92.8% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Business and industry | |||
| Industrial production | 93.5 (2021 = 100) (2021 = 100) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Enterprise birth rate | 12.4%d (Definition differs) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Monthly industrial production | 19.9% | September 2026 | Eurostat |
| Trade and investment | |||
| Exports share of GDP | 39.6% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Imports share of GDP | 65.6% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Current account balance, quarterly | -22.6% | Q2 2026 | Eurostat |
| Tourism and accommodation | |||
| Nights spent in tourist accommodation | 5,187,771 nights nights | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Arrivals at tourist accommodation | 1,504,768 arrivals arrivals | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Bed-place occupancy rate in hotels | 41.0% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Transport and mobility | |||
| Car share of passenger transport | 97.8%e (Estimated) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Car ownership | 442 per 1,000 people per 1,000 people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Road traffic deaths | 12.0 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Energy and electricity | |||
| Renewable energy share | 39.8%p (Provisional) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Renewable electricity share | 63.1%p (Provisional) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Energy import dependency | 32.6% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Climate and emissions | |||
| Temperature change | 2.06 °Ce (Estimate) °C | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Agrifood emissions per person | 1.77 t CO2e per persone (Estimate) t CO2e per person | 2024 | FAOSTAT |
| Air quality and ecosystems | |||
| PM2.5 air pollution | 14.5 µg/m³ µg/m³ | 2023 | WHO |
| Forest area | 61.5% | 2024 | World Bank |
| Protected areas | 16.3% | 2025 | World Bank |
| Water, sanitation and waste | |||
| Municipal waste generated per person | 585 kg per persone (Estimated) kg per person | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Recycling rate of municipal waste | 3.6%e (Estimated) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Total waste generated per person | 1,950 kg per person kg per person | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Agriculture, food and fisheries | |||
| Area under organic farming | 1.8% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Cost of a healthy diet | Int$5.08 per person per daye (Estimate) per person per day | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Healthy diet unaffordable | 7.5%e (Estimate) | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Poverty and social protection | |||
| 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) (0 to 100) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Science and innovation | |||
| R&D spending share of GDP | 0.29% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Researchers as a share of the labour force | 0.17% | 2019 | Eurostat |
| European patent applications | 8.0 per million peoplep (Provisional) per million people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Crime, justice and public safety | |||
| Intentional homicides | 1.92 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Crime or vandalism in the area | 3.5% | 2023 | Eurostat |
| Robberies recorded by the police | 5.1 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Culture, society and wellbeing | |||
| Cultural employment | 4.0% | 2020 | Eurostat |
| Average life satisfaction | 6.8 out of 10 out of 10 | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Women in national parliament | 27.2% | 2025 | World Bank |
Sources and licences
- Source: Eurostat Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution).
- Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms).
- Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates) Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024 Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators Licence: CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata).
- Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Licence: CC BY 4.0 (WHO datasets, with additional terms).
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