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Unemployment rate in Montenegro

How hard is it to have a job there?

Montenegro's unemployment rate is 13.57 % — #115 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

13.57%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Montenegro over time

30.54 %21.84 %13.15 %30.54 % · 200113.15 % · 20232000: 30.45 %2001: 30.54 %2002: 30.36 %2003: 30.39 %2004: 30.34 %2005: 30.31 %2006: 24.82 %2007: 19.40 %2008: 17.15 %2009: 19.09 %2010: 19.65 %2011: 19.76 %2012: 19.81 %2013: 19.59 %2014: 18.05 %2015: 17.55 %2016: 17.73 %2017: 16.08 %2018: 15.19 %2019: 15.13 %2020: 17.88 %2021: 16.54 %2022: 14.85 %2023: 13.15 %2024: 13.21 %2025: 13.57 %20002012202513.57 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#115 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
7 %
9 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.37 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
16.97 pp
peak 30.54 % in 2001
Full series
▼ 16.88 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #36 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +8.32 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Montenegro: ahead of 7 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentMontenegro 13.57 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Montenegro is ahead of 7 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Montenegro
113 Georgia12.10 %−1.47 pp
114 Armenia12.87 %−0.70 pp
115 Montenegro13.57 %—
116 Angola14.11 %+0.54 pp
117 Haiti14.94 %+1.37 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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