International Rankings of Montenegro 2024, 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	29.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	123	184176	2020
Internet users - percent of population	26	82.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	164	516600	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	29	30.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	120	190595	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	7	178.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	161	1.120 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	11	6.80 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	38	27.50 % 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	5.60 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	119	540.073 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	150	2.516 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	142	0.85	N/A
Exports	151	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	40.50 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	52	19.60 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	50	76.80 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	141	63.00 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	63	23.20 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	30	2.90 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	91	7.50 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	138	15.90 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	37	76.60 % of GDP	2016
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	67	37 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	84	25.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	16	3.50 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	156	3.637 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	136	1.39 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	123	2.41 %	2021
Labor force	169	277400 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	70	25 %	2018
Public debt	64	67.20 % 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
Remittances	22	14	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	131	1.982 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	16	37.20 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	22	18.49 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	40	36.70 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	33	28.30 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	29	31.60 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	84	1.333 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	170	1.114 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	153	2.447 million	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 - electrification - rural areas	6	99	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	3	100	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	1	100	2021
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	106	42.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	47	47.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	27	10.50 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	78	77.286 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	163	7600 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	116	357 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	164	6448 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	143	2 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	161	1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	85	19 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	98	38	2018
Land use - arable land	82	13	2018
Land use - forest	70	40	2018
Land use - permanent crops	73	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	67	24	2018
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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	76	69	2023
Geography
Area - land	160	13452 sq km	N/A
Area - total	164	13812 sq km	N/A
Area - water	122	360 sq km	N/A
Coastline	132	294 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	80	2534 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	29	1086 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	147	24 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	131	680 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	98	38	2018
Land use - arable land	82	13	2018
Land use - forest	70	40	2018
Land use - permanent crops	73	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	67	24	2018
Population Density	171	44.78 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	29	2 % of GDP	2024
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	31	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	26	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	22	10 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	27	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	123	11.00 births/1,000 population	2023
Child marriage - men married by age 18	26	3	2018
Child marriage - women married by age 15	44	2	N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18	72	6	N/A
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	65	4 %	1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate	112	20.70 %	2018
Current health expenditure	14	11 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	78	57 %	2023
Death rate	26	10.30 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	40	24.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	115	4.00 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	104	52.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	136	27.70 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	96	2 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	96	1 % of population	2020
Gross reproduction rate	81	0.89 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	150	3.70 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	163	2.70 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	159	3.20 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	48	81 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	50	76 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	50	78 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	14	99 %	2021
Literacy - male	6	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	10	99 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	116	6.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	42	42 years	N/A
Median age - male	44	39 years	N/A
Median age - total	37	41 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	38	26	2010
Net migration rate	98	5.00 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	55	23.30 %	2016
Physicians density	57	2.74 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	172	602445	2023
Population growth rate	167	0.43 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	93	6 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	105	2 % of population	2020
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	23	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	35	0.78 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.97 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	107	1.81 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	143	0.45	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	76	69	2023
Transportation
Airports	120	5	2024
Heliports	65	1	2024
Merchant marine - total	126	18	2023
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	4.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	94	250 km	2017

*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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