EU 16.64
· European ranking
8 / 34
Up 1 positions compared with previous year
Montenegro: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
20.00% of people
EU 16.64 · +3.4 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
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At a glance
Montenegro performs less favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Montenegro
In Montenegro, Poverty risk is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 20.0% versus 16.6% in 2024, with a gap of 3.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Montenegro, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 24.50% in 2019 to 20.00% in 2024. The latest value changes little from 20.10% in 2023, so the improvement continues but with less intensity.
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.