EU 22.25
· European ranking
3 / 33
No change compared with previous year
Montenegro: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2023
31.00% of people
EU 22.25 · +8.8 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N
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At a glance
Montenegro performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Montenegro
In Montenegro, Poverty or exclusion stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 31.0% versus 22.2% in 2023, a large gap of 8.8 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Montenegro, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 41.20% in 2018 to 31.00% in 2023. The latest step, from 34.10% in 2022 to 31.00% in 2023, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Montenegro, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.