Gender in Montenegro

238 indicators covering gender for Montenegro.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Parenthood Score 80 2023 unchanged 39th
Can a Woman Travel Outside the Country in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Travel Outside Her Home in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Choose Where to Live in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Apply For a Passport in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Mobility Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Work in a Job Deemed Dangerous in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 1st
Can a Woman Work in An Industrial Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 1st
Can a Woman Work at Night in the Same Way as a Man? 0 2023 170th
Does the Law Mandate Equal Remuneration For Work of Equal Value? 0 2023 98th
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pay Score 50 2023 122nd
Can a Woman Obtain a Judgment of Divorce in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Be Head of Household in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Does a Woman Have the Same Rights to Remarry as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is There Legislation Specifically Addressing Domestic Violence? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Marriage Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Are Periods of Absence Due to Childcare Accounted For in Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is the Mandatory Retirement Age For Men and Women the Same? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Partial Pension 0 2023 154th
Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Full Pension 0 2023 128th
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pension Score 50 2023 unchanged 137th
Can a Woman Get a Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Workplace Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index 85 2023 up 7.9% 68th
Women Business and the Law Index 85 2023 up 7.9% 68th
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 97.2% 2025 up 12.9% 127th
Share of female employment by economic sector 3.4% 2025 down 58.1% 127th
Maternal Mortality Ratio, Modeled Estimate 6 2023 down 14.3% 162nd
Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 49.5 2019 up 0.6% 12th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 40.8 2019 down 0.5% 67th
Total Fertility Rate 1.8 2022 up 4.7% 115th
Tertiary Gross Enrollment Rate 55.17 2023 down 8.7% 71st
Women have the same rights to remarry as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 15.43 years 2019 up 0.6% 59th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 14.5 years 2019 up 0.1% 56th
Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 28.0% 2025 up 67.7% 63rd
Women of reproductive age 142,759 2023 down 7.7% 166th
Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern 35.4% 2026 up 16.1% 171st
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments 22 2026 up 57.1% 138th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 27.2% 2026 up 57.2% 95th
Share of women in ministerial positions 24.0% 2024 up 43.7% 83rd
Share of women in parliament 27.2% 2025 up 57.1% 89th
Preprimary Gross Enrollment Rate 72.87 2021 up 34.4% 89th
Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 6.1% 2016 down 56.4% 157th
Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 11.9% 2016 down 43.7% 146th
Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments 27.16 2024 up 57.1% 86th
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament 0.51 ratio 2026 up 6.2% 87th
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 95.2% 2024 down 3.4% 119th
Share of pregnant women who have anemia 29.5% 2023 up 6.9% 84th
Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia 36.7 2023 up 14.0% 164th
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia 25.8% 2023 up 22.9% 99th
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, pregnant 29.5% 2023 up 6.9% 90th
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, non-pregnant 25.7% 2023 up 23.6% 100th
Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 25.8 2023 up 22.9% 92nd
Gender Development Index 0.978 2022 up 2.6% 72nd
Proportion of women in managerial positions - 13th ICLS 32.1% 2024 up 20.2% 95th
Literacy rate, adult female 98.0% 2018 up 0.5% 12th
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female 65.0% 2024 up 97.0% 91st
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, male 61.0% 2024 up 84.8% 97th