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Montenegro — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Montenegro, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
13.57%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -54.9% since 1991
Unemployment for Montenegro was 13.57% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 30.54% in 2001. The lowest was 13.15% in 2023 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.32% per year.
Montenegro ranks 19 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 10%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Montenegro sits above it. It peaked in 2001 and has fallen 56% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 23%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
13.57%
First (1991)
30.12%
Change
-54.9%
Highest
30.54%
in 2001
Lowest
13.15%
in 2023
Average
22.93%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.32%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.57% |
| 2024 | 13.21% |
| 2023 | 13.15% |
| 2022 | 14.85% |
| 2021 | 16.54% |
| 2020 | 17.88% |
| 2019 | 15.13% |
| 2018 | 15.19% |
| 2017 | 16.08% |
| 2016 | 17.73% |
| 2015 | 17.56% |
| 2014 | 18.05% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.