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General Information

Region		Southern Europe
Population (000, 2024)		638^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		46.2^a
Capital city		Podgorica
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		177.2^c,d
UN membership date		28 June 2006
Surface area (km2)		13 812^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		92.8^a
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.9^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	4 053	4 781	6 230^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.4	-15.3	6.4^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	6 393.2	7 599.9	9 934.6^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	9.7	9.1	7.5^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	17.4	20.9	16.1^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	72.9	70	76.4^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	7.7	7.5	7.2^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	17.5	18.4	18.5^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	74.8	74.1	74.3^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	17.6	17.9	13.9^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	47.7 / 60.2	46.5 / 60.7	49.3 / 63.9^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	111	116^k	146^k,e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	98	103	101^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	353	410	688^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 050	2 394	4 103^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 697	- 1 984	- 3 415^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-443	- 1 237	-842^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.6	-0.6	-0.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	65.8	67.2^l	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.6^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.8	1.8	1.8^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	79.2 / 73.8	79.1 / 72.6	80.4 / 73.9^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	18.6 / 20.6	18.4 / 23.1	18.1 / 24.2^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	71.7 / 11.4	71.0 / 11.3	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	19.8	12.8	41.6^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	3.9	4.2	3.4^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	9	11.4	10.6^o
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.4	2.7	2.8^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.1 / 99.7	99.3 / 100.6	100.7 / 100.7^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	93.8 / 96.6	95.2 / 97.4	96.2 / 97.7^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	86.1 / 88.4	87.4 / 87.8	86.4 / 84.0^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.7	2.9	2.6^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	17.3	29.6^p	27.2^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	68.1	77.6^q	88.2^q,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4	0.4^l	...
Threatened species (number)	85	113	169^e
Forested area (% of land area)	61.5	61.5	61.5^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	2.3 / 3.7	2.5 / 4.0	2.5 / 4.0^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	30	31	32^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	67	70	73^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 560	351	2 036^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	18.8	27	27^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	87.2 / ...	87.3 / ...	87.3 / ...^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	46.3 / 39.2	59.1 / 41.7	64.1 / 43.1^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.41	4.22	2.25^o

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Refers to the urban population of Podgorica municipality.
d		2018
e		2023
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
l		2019
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		2021
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		Population aged 16 to 74 years.