EU 4.81
· European ranking
5 / 34
Up 9 positions compared with previous year
Montenegro: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
5.80 Ratio
EU 4.81 · +1.0 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 ilc_di11
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At a glance
Montenegro performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent reversal. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Montenegro
In Montenegro, S80/S20 ratio stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 5.8 versus 4.81 in 2024, a large gap of 0.99 in the ratio.
Recent trend
In Montenegro, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 6.72 in 2019 to 5.80 in 2024. The latest step, from 5.09 in 2023 to 5.80 in 2024, reverses the previous direction and shows recent deterioration.
Reading within the topic
In Montenegro, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.