Montenegro - Daten & Fakten

Daten & Fakten
Flagge: Montenegro Montenegro
Capital
name: Podgorica; note - Cetinje retains the status of "Old Royal Capital"

geographic coordinates: 42 26 N, 19 16 E

time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1 hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

etymology: the name translates as "beneath Gorica"; the meaning of Gorica is "hillock"; the reference is to the small hill named Gorica that the city is built around
Citizenship
citizenship by birth: no

citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Montenegro

dual citizenship recognized: no

residency requirement for naturalization: 10 years
Legal system
civil law
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Area
total: 13,812 sq km

land: 13,452 sq km

water: 360 sq km
Land use
agricultural land: 38.2% (2018 est.)

arable land: 12.9% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 1.2% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 24.1% (2018 est.)

forest: 40.4% (2018 est.)

other: 21.4% (2018 est.)
Location
Southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia
Age structure
0-14 years: 17.93% (male 55,690/female 52,340)

15-64 years: 64.65% (male 194,334/female 195,127)

65 years and over: 17.42% (2023 est.) (male 45,993/female 58,961)
Birth rate
11.04 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Death rate
10.3 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Languages
Serbian 42.9%, Montenegrin (official) 37%, Bosnian 5.3%, Albanian 5.3%, Serbo-Croat 2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 4% (2011 est.)

major-language sample(s):
Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian) 

Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Montenegrin/Bosnian)

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Life expectancy at birth
total population: 77.99 years

male: 75.57 years

female: 80.5 years (2023 est.)
Major urban areas - population
177,000 PODGORICA (capital) (2018)
Median age
total: 39.6 years

male: 38.1 years

female: 41.1 years (2020 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
26.3 years (2010 est.)
Net migration rate
-4.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Population distribution
highest population density is concentrated in the south, southwest; the extreme eastern border is the least populated area
Population growth rate
-0.43% (2023 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.81 children born/woman (2023 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 68.5% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.45% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Education expenditures
NA
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 16 years (2021)
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)
-5.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Industrial production growth rate
1.39% (2021 est.)
Labor force
277,400 (2021 est.)
Population below poverty line
24.5% (2018 est.)
Unemployment rate
18.49% (2021 est.)

17.9% (2020 est.)

15.12% (2019 est.)
Public debt
67.2% of GDP (2017 est.)

66.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

note: data cover general government debt, and includes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
2.41% (2021 est.)

-0.26% (2020 est.)

0.36% (2019 est.)
Exports
$2.502 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$1.247 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$2.424 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
Exports - partners
Serbia 17%, Hungary 15%, China 11%, Russia 7%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 6%, Germany 6%, Italy 5%, Poland 5% (2019)
Imports
$3.637 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$2.917 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$3.6 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
Imports - partners
Serbia 30%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 8%, Croatia 8%, Italy 6%, Greece 6%, Germany 5% (2019)
Airports
5 (2021)
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 184,176 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29 (2020 est.)
Internet users
total: 516,600 (2021 est.)

percent of population: 82% (2021 est.)
Railways
total: 250 km (2017)

standard gauge: 250 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (224 km electrified)
Roadways
total: 7,762 km (2010)

paved: 7,141 km (2010)

unpaved: 621 km (2010)
Telephones - fixed lines
total subscriptions: 189,519 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 30 (2021 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 1,120,074 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 178 (2021 est.)
Disputes - international

Montenegro-Albania: none identified

Montenegro-Bosnia and Herzegovina: the two countries signed a border agreement in August 2015; sovereignty of the disputed Sutorina territory was given to Montenegro

Montenegro-Croatia: the two countries in 2002 reached a temporary agreement designating the Prevlaka Peninsula as part of Croatia, in October 2020, a Montenegrin official resurrected the dormant dispute over the Prevlaka Peninsula by stating that Montenegro had a good chance of winning it through international arbitration

Montenegro-Kosovo: a 2015 border agreement was ratified by Montenegro in 2015 and by Kosovo in 2018, but the actual demarcation has not been completed

Montenegro-Serbia: The former republic boundary – when the two countries were one and called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – serves as the boundary until a line is formally delimited and demarcated

 


Länderstatistik

Branche
Land
Unterschied in %
gesamt
Montenegro
111 176 000 EUR
133 496 000 EUR
20.08 %
Bekleidung
Montenegro
2 641 000 EUR
4 446 000 EUR
68.35 %
Chemische Erzeugnisse
Montenegro
6 626 000 EUR
4 759 000 EUR
-28.18 %
Datenverarbeitungsgeräte, elektr. u. opt. Erzeugn.
Montenegro
5 896 000 EUR
7 164 000 EUR
21.51 %
Elektrische Ausrüstungen
Montenegro
3 455 000 EUR
5 703 000 EUR
65.07 %
Energieversorgung
Montenegro
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Erdöl und Erdgas
Montenegro
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Erze
Montenegro
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Erzeugnisse der Landwirtschaft und Jagd
Montenegro
310 000 EUR
333 000 EUR
7.42 %
Fische und Fischereierzeugnisse
Montenegro
0 EUR
1 000 EUR
0.00 %
Forstwirtschaftliche Erzeugnisse
Montenegro
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Getränke
Montenegro
791 000 EUR
1 095 000 EUR
38.43 %
Glas und -waren, Keramik, Steine und Erden
Montenegro
1 403 000 EUR
1 920 000 EUR
36.85 %
Gummi- und Kunststoffwaren
Montenegro
6 010 000 EUR
5 864 000 EUR
-2.43 %
Holz und Holz- Kork- Korb- Flechtwaren ohne Möbel
Montenegro
441 000 EUR
896 000 EUR
103.17 %
Kohle
Montenegro
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Kokereierzeugnisse und Mineralölerzeugnisse
Montenegro
381 000 EUR
591 000 EUR
55.12 %
Kraftwagen und Kraftwagenteile
Montenegro
18 804 000 EUR
26 089 000 EUR
38.74 %
Leder und Lederwaren
Montenegro
578 000 EUR
1 075 000 EUR
85.99 %
Maschinen
Montenegro
12 273 000 EUR
11 596 000 EUR
-5.52 %
Metalle
Montenegro
1 088 000 EUR
1 537 000 EUR
41.27 %
Metallerzeugnisse
Montenegro
2 039 000 EUR
4 389 000 EUR
115.25 %
Möbel
Montenegro
766 000 EUR
1 223 000 EUR
59.66 %
Nahrungsmittel und Futtermittel
Montenegro
27 649 000 EUR
34 195 000 EUR
23.68 %
Papier, Pappe und Waren daraus
Montenegro
563 000 EUR
1 116 000 EUR
98.22 %
Pharmazeutische und ähnliche Erzeugnisse
Montenegro
2 574 000 EUR
2 615 000 EUR
1.59 %
Sonstige Fahrzeuge
Montenegro
291 000 EUR
1 544 000 EUR
430.58 %
Sonstige Waren
Montenegro
14 457 000 EUR
13 973 000 EUR
-3.35 %
Steine und Erden, sonstige Bergbauerzeugnisse
Montenegro
505 000 EUR
472 000 EUR
-6.53 %
Tabakerzeugnisse
Montenegro
403 000 EUR
178 000 EUR
-55.83 %
Textilien
Montenegro
1 232 000 EUR
722 000 EUR
-41.40 %