Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Montenegro

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Montenegro in 2021 — 14.5%. Ranked 42 in the world out of 81. Since 2005, the indicator has fallen by 1.9 pp.

2021 14.5% −3.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 42of 81
Period maximum 29.5%2012
Period minimum 6.4%2008

Trend over time

2005–2021 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Montenegro, 2005–202101020302005200720092011201320152017201920212005: 16.4%2006: 16.3%2007: 9.5%2008: 6.4%2009: 7.5%2010: 10%2011: 12%2012: 29.5%2013: 28.2%2014: 25.9%2015: 24.6%2016: 20.1%2017: 19.2%2018: 21.1%2019: 17.6%2020: 17.6%2021: 14.5%
Change over the period: −1.9 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Montenegro 14.5%
World 48.7%
Southern Europe computed 3.18%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Montenegro, by year Montenegro All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 14.5 −3.1 pp
2020 17.6 +0 pp
2019 17.6 −3.5 pp
2018 21.1 +1.9 pp
2017 19.2 −0.9 pp
2016 20.1 −4.5 pp
2015 24.6 −1.3 pp
2014 25.9 −2.3 pp
2013 28.2 −1.3 pp
2012 29.5 +17.5 pp
2011 12 +2 pp
2010 10 +2.5 pp
2009 7.5 +1.1 pp
2008 6.4 −3.1 pp
2007 9.5 −6.8 pp
2006 16.3 −0.1 pp
2005 16.4

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.