Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Montenegro
Montenegro: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 14.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Montenegro, 2012–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Montenegro stood at 14.5%. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.5% on the previous year and down 50.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Montenegro peaked at 29.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 14.5%, in 2021.
Montenegro ranks 68th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 29.5% | — |
| 2013 | 28.2% | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 25.9% | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 24.6% | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 20.1% | -18.4% |
| 2017 | 19.2% | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 21.1% | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 17.6% | -16.3% |
| 2020 | 17.6% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 14.5% | -17.5% |
Montenegro compared with similar countries
- Montenegro's 14.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.4%, 68% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Montenegro's 14.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.6%, 5.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 23.3% | 17.6% | 29.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 16.0% | 14.5% | 17.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
- 65 Bolivia 17.4% compare
- 66 Jordan 15.3%
- 67 Kazakhstan 15.2% compare
- 69 Dominican Republic 14.0% compare
- 70 Uzbekistan 12.4%
- 71 Thailand 11.7% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Montenegro
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $8.30 a day in Montenegro?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Montenegro was 14.5% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 29.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5% in 2021.
- How does Montenegro rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Montenegro ranks 68th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.9%. 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.