Montenegro
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 623.1K (2025). World rank 169 of 216; in Europe, 39 of 48. Area: 13,812 km². World rank 162 of 249; in Europe, 37 of 52. GDP: $9.2B (2025). World rank 155 of 210; in Europe, 42 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 624.7K → 623.1K, GDP $4B → $9.2B, and GDP per person $6,421 → $14,817.
State
- Official name
- Montenegro
- Local name
- Црна Гора
- Capital
- Podgorica
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Jakov Milatović
- Head of government
- Milojko Spajić
- Independence
- June 3, 2006
- Women in parliament
- 27.2% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 623,129 2025
- Area
- 13,812 km²
- GDP
- $9.2B 2025
- GDP per person
- $14,817 2025
- Life expectancy
- 77.9 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Montenegrin
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +382
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 122, 123, 124
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 294
- Neighbours
- Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia
- Agricultural land
- 18.5% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Zla Kolata, 2,534 m
- Lowest point
- Adriatic Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,086
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 10
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 21°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -1°C
Population and migration
- Population density
- 45.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- -0.1% 2025
- Living in cities
- 65.6% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -9.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 14.4% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 17.9% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 63.8% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 18.3% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 80.4 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 75.5 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.8 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 11.2 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 10.2 2024
Society
- Religions
- Orthodox 72.1%, Muslim 19.1%, Catholic 3.4%, other 1.5%, and no religion 1.2% (2011)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 62.1 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 49.6 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 62 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 59.1 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 65 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $35,423 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.7% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $14,150 2025
- Inflation
- +3.9% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 42 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 3.4% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 11.3% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 63.4% 2025
- Unemployment
- 13.6% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 24.4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 51.3% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 40.1% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 65.7% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -20.4% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +7.3% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 9.7% 2025
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 34.3 2021
- Living on under $3 a day
- 2.5% 2021
Education
- Adult literacy
- 98.5% 2018
- Primary school enrolment
- 106% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 93.9% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 55.2% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 9.7% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $1,148 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 26.3% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 2.8 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 6.1 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 3.8 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 23% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 1.9 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 2.4 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 6 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 10.7% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 50% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 37.2% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.3% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 97.8% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 73% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.8 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 7.6 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 11.3 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 73.5 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 18.5 2023
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 61.5% 2024
- Protected areas
- 16.3% 2025
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 88.9% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 222 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 32.3 2024
- Internet domain
- .me
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 4,691 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 39.6% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 61.8% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 40.3% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 379,068 2023
- Airports
- 5 2025
- Railways, km
- 250 2017
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.4% 2019
- Researchers per million people
- 764 2019
- Scientific articles per year
- 255 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 15 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 14.5% 2024