International Rankings of Montenegro 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Montenegro, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Montenegro, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	25	29	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	123	184176	2020
Internet users - percent of population	26	82 %	2021
Internet users - total	164	516600	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	29	30	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	122	189519	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	6	178	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	159	1.120 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	11	6.8 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	38	27.5 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	143	2.568 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	144	2.051 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	79	5.6 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	118	540.073 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	149	2.516 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	152	2.502 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	163	5.486 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	85	40.5 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	52	19.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	50	76.8 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	141	63 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	63	23.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	30	2.9 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	91	7.5 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	138	15.9 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	37	76.6 % of GDP	2016
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	67	36.8 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	84	25.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	16	3.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	155	3.637 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	136	1.39 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	122	2.41 %	2021
Labor force	169	277400 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	101	7.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	87	17.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	34	75 %	2017
Population below poverty line	70	24.5 %	2018
Public debt	61	67.2 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	159	12.757 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	16	12.43 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	86	20600 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	131	1.982 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	16	37.2 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	22	18.49 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	40	36.7	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	33	28.3	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	29	31.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	84	1.333 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	170	1.114 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	70	1.351 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	41	96000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	111	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	52	1.456 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	58	142.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	135	3.247 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	64	943.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	68	1.196 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	134	1.007 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	129	493.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	106	42.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	47	47.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	27	10.5 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	78	77.286 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	163	7600 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	116	357 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	164	6448 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	143	2.02 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	161	0.75 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	95	20.17 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	98	38.2	2018
Land use - arable land	82	12.9	2018
Land use - forest	70	40.4	2018
Land use - other	114	21.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	73	1.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	67	24.1	2018
Revenue from coal	23	0.12 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	66	0.43 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	139	1.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	88	60.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	103	100.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	143	0.45	2025
Urbanization - urban population	76	68.5	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	100	332000 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	103	17994 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	70	5.4 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	161	13452 sq km	0
Area - total	163	13812 sq km	0
Area - water	94	360161 sq km	0
Coastline	132	293.5 km	0
Elevation - highest point	85	2534 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	29	1086 meters	0
Irrigated land	147	24 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	131	680 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	98	38.2	2018
Land use - arable land	82	12.9	2018
Land use - forest	70	40.4	2018
Land use - other	114	21.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	73	1.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	67	24.1	2018
Military
Military expenditures	33	1.9 % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	31	3.83 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	51	0.16 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	26	3.22 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	22	9.91 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	27	2.68 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	162	11.04 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	77	3.7 %	1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate	112	20.7 %	2018
Current health expenditure	14	11.4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	78	57.1 %	2023
Death rate	29	10.3 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	40	24.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	115	4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	104	52.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	136	27.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	96	1.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	96	0.6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	80	0.89 %	2023
Hospital bed density	33	3.9 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	182	3.73 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	209	2.69 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	199	3.2 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	75	80.5 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	66	75.57 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	71	77.99 years	0
Literacy - female	14	98.5 %	2021
Literacy - male	6	99.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	10	99 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	116	6 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	44	41.1 years	2020
Median age - male	41	38.1 years	0
Median age - total	40	39.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	38	26.3	2010
Net migration rate	171	4.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	55	23.3 %	2016
Physicians density	57	2.74 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	173	602445	2023
Population growth rate	162	0.43 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	93	6.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	105	2 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	94	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	16 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	15 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	23	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	35	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	6	31.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	60	31.6 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	24	31.4 %	2020
Total fertility rate	102	1.81 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	143	0.45	2025
Urbanization - urban population	76	68.5	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	40	36.7	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	33	28.3	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	29	31.6	0
Transportation
Airports	118	5	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	25	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	130	18	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	127	130000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	111	565522	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	98	4	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	86	7141 km	2010
Roadways - total	123	7762 km	2010
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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