Life expectancy in Montenegro
Montenegro: Life expectancy was 77.09 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Montenegro, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectancy in Montenegro stood at 77.09 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Montenegro peaked at 77.09 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 58.03 years, in 1950.
That places Montenegro 92nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 61.05 years | 58.03 years | 64.71 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 67.83 years | 65.68 years | 70.15 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 71.49 years | 70.4 years | 72.06 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 72.69 years | 72.13 years | 73.81 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.68 years | 73.29 years | 73.95 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.42 years | 73.55 years | 75.4 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.4 years | 75.71 years | 76.92 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.66 years | 73.79 years | 77.09 years | 4 |
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More health data for Montenegro
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 4,141 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 4,262 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 4,080 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 18.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 397,715 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 65.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 195,825 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 3,778 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 62.5% (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 4,157 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Montenegro?
- Life expectancy in Montenegro was 77.09 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 77.09 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.03 years in 1950.
- How does Montenegro rank for life expectancy?
- Montenegro ranks 92nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Montenegro data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.