Poverty & Inequality in Montenegro 144 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Montenegro. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys 2025 up 50.0% 52nd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 up 50.4% 7th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 34.8% 9th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.8 live births per woman 2023 up 3.4% 129th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,315 kg per hectare 2023 down 12.1% 90th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 49.1% 20th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year 2023 down 92.9% 55th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 36.77 2021 up 8.6% 16th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 36.8% 2021 up 8.6% 16th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2021 down 16.0% 24th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -4.34 % change on previous year 2021 down 12.5% 154th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -14.29 % change on previous year 2025 down 142.9% 113th Gender Inequality Index 0.121 2023 down 23.9% 130th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 27.6% 2023 down 6.7% 28th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0864 2023 down 5.7% 168th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0864 2023 down 5.7% 168th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1021 2023 down 3.0% 171st Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 2.5% 2021 up 525.0% 51st Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.2% 2021 up 1,100.0% 40th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 4.0% 2021 up 300.0% 62nd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 14.5% 2021 up 20.8% 72nd Prosperity gap 2.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 up 33.3% 56th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1992 2023 down 19.6% 117th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.7% 2021 up 466.7% 53rd Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 20.9% 2021 up 34.8% 61st Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 5.1% 2021 up 96.2% 66th Population living in slums 8.8% 2022 down 35.5% 99th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.771 2023 up 6.5% 42nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.771 2023 up 6.5% 42nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.771 2023 up 6.5% 42nd Proportion of population below international poverty line 2.5% 2021 up 525.0% 53rd Three metrics of inequality 50.55 2021 down 1.6% 74th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5055 2021 down 1.6% 74th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 302.21 2023 up 20.3% 55th Income share held by second 20% 12.1% 2021 down 7.6% 59th Income share held by third 20% 17.2% 2021 up 0.6% 28th Income share held by fourth 20% 24.0% 2021 up 7.6% 4th Income share held by highest 20% 40.4% 2021 up 2.8% 77th Income share held by highest 10% 24.7% 2021 unchanged 85th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.1% 2021 down 36.4% 95th Income share held by lowest 20% 6.2% 2021 down 24.4% 88th Gini index 34.3 2021 up 11.4% 59th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 15.9% 2021 up 60.6% 31st Total shortfall from extreme poverty 8.37 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 down 34.1% 88th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 1.2% 2021 down 34.5% 39th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 19.7% 2024 down 18.3% 8th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0486 2024 down 33.3% 101st Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.4597 2021 down 3.7% 73rd At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 26.5% 2024 down 14.8% 12th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4597 2021 down 3.7% 73rd Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.1% 2024 down 28.6% 93rd Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 18.6% 2024 down 64.6% 7th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 18,569 2017 up 106.3% 56th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 29.2% 2024 down 33.3% 3rd Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 11.0% 2024 down 65.7% 7th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 35.0% 2021 down 3.6% 90th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 9.0% 2021 down 13.6% 103rd Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 13.5% 2020 up 7.1% 7th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 30.9% 2020 down 17.2% 5th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 2.5% 2021 down 55.5% 49th Page 1 of 3 Next →