Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Montenegro
Montenegro: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 90.6% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Montenegro, 2012–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Montenegro recorded 90.6% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Montenegro peaked at 93.4% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 90.6%, in 2021.
That places Montenegro 68th out of 119 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 93.2% | — |
| 2013 | 93.4% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 92.7% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 93.3% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 91.5% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 91.6% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 92.3% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 91.6% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 92.8% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 90.6% | -2.4% |
Montenegro compared with similar countries
- Montenegro's 90.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 95% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Montenegro's 90.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 1.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 92.4% | 91.5% | 93.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 91.7% | 90.6% | 92.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
More poverty & inequality data for Montenegro
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Montenegro?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Montenegro was 90.6% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 93.4% in 2013.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.6% in 2021.
- How does Montenegro rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Montenegro ranks 68th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Montenegro data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.