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Montenegro — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Montenegro, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
57.97%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +13.7% since 1990
Labor participation for Montenegro was 57.97% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 58.56% in 2023. The lowest was 48.10% in 2021 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.37% per year.
Montenegro ranks 119 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 64%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Montenegro sits below it. It peaked in 2023 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 11%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
57.97%
First (1990)
50.97%
Change
+13.7%
Highest
58.56%
in 2023
Lowest
48.10%
in 2021
Average
50.85%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.37%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.97% |
| 2024 | 58.23% |
| 2023 | 58.56% |
| 2022 | 55.48% |
| 2021 | 48.1% |
| 2020 | 50.37% |
| 2019 | 54.56% |
| 2018 | 53.57% |
| 2017 | 52.64% |
| 2016 | 52.75% |
| 2015 | 52.37% |
| 2014 | 51.64% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.