Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Montenegro
Montenegro: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.343 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Montenegro, 2012–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Montenegro recorded 0.343 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Montenegro peaked at 0.4121 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.343, in 2021.
That places Montenegro 57th out of 120 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.4121 | — |
| 2013 | 0.3902 | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 0.3877 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3901 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3847 | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.3688 | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3681 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.3567 | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 0.3541 | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.343 | -3.1% |
Montenegro compared with similar countries
- Montenegro's 0.343 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3588, 96% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Montenegro's 0.343 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3058, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3823 | 0.3567 | 0.4121 | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.3485 | 0.343 | 0.3541 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
More poverty & inequality data for Montenegro
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.8 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,315 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 36.77 (2021)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 36.8% (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Montenegro?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Montenegro was 0.343 in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4121 in 2012.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.343 in 2021.
- How does Montenegro rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Montenegro ranks 57th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Montenegro data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.