Male unemployment — all countries

Male unemployment — Montenegro

Male unemployment in Montenegro in 2025 — 12.99%. Ranked 165 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 12.98 pp.

2025 12.99% +0.67 pp vs 2024
World rank 165of 182
Period maximum 26.27%2001
Period minimum 12.27%2023

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of male labor force

Male unemployment — Montenegro, 1991–2025101520253019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 25.98%1992: 26.03%1993: 26.08%1994: 26.07%1995: 26.03%1996: 26.01%1997: 26.04%1998: 26.02%1999: 26.24%2000: 26.2%2001: 26.27%2002: 26.1%2003: 26.12%2004: 26.07%2005: 26.05%2006: 22.05%2007: 18.12%2008: 16.19%2009: 18.01%2010: 18.77%2011: 19.5%2012: 19.34%2013: 20.13%2014: 17.89%2015: 17.77%2016: 18.26%2017: 15.37%2018: 15.25%2019: 14.67%2020: 17.47%2021: 17.12%2022: 16.4%2023: 12.27%2024: 12.33%2025: 12.99%
Change over the period: −12.98 pp Annual average: -0.38 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Montenegro

Montenegro 12.99%
World 4.69%
Southern Europe computed 7.15%
Male unemployment — Montenegro, by year Montenegro All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.99 +0.67 pp
2024 12.33 +0.06 pp
2023 12.27 −4.13 pp
2022 16.4 −0.72 pp
2021 17.12 −0.35 pp
2020 17.47 +2.8 pp
2019 14.67 −0.58 pp
2018 15.25 −0.13 pp
2017 15.37 −2.88 pp
2016 18.26 +0.49 pp
2015 17.77 −0.13 pp
2014 17.89 −2.23 pp
2013 20.13 +0.79 pp
2012 19.34 −0.16 pp
2011 19.5 +0.73 pp
2010 18.77 +0.76 pp
2009 18.01 +1.82 pp
2008 16.19 −1.94 pp
2007 18.12 −3.93 pp
2006 22.05 −4 pp
2005 26.05 −0.02 pp
2004 26.07 −0.04 pp
2003 26.12 +0.02 pp
2002 26.1 −0.17 pp
2001 26.27 +0.07 pp
2000 26.2 −0.04 pp
1999 26.24 +0.22 pp
1998 26.02 −0.02 pp
1997 26.04 +0.03 pp
1996 26.01 −0.03 pp
1995 26.03 −0.03 pp
1994 26.07 −0.01 pp
1993 26.08 +0.05 pp
1992 26.03 +0.05 pp
1991 25.98

About the indicator

The share of the male labor force that is unemployed. The gap between the sexes shows up only when this series is compared with the female one, and it is not universal — in Southern Europe and Latin America female unemployment is markedly higher, while in a number of countries of Eastern Europe and Africa male unemployment is higher, because men work in industries sensitive to a downturn.

Important: The denominator is the male labor force, not the whole male population: men who neither work nor look for work are not in it.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.