Country Sheet : Montenegro

Population : 602,445 inhabitants (2023 est.)

Crude natural change rate : -1.6‰ (2023 est.)

Crude net migration rate: -4.99 (2023 est.)

Life expectancy: men 75.6 years, women 80.5 years (2023 est.)

Religions: Orthodox 72.1%, Muslim 19.1%, Catholic 3.4%, others 1.5%, unspecified 2.6% and atheist 1.2% (2011 est.)

Ethnic groups: Montenegrin 37%, Serbian 42.9%, Bosnian 5.3%, Albanian 5.3%, Muslims 3.3%, Serbo-Croats 2%, others 2.6%, not mentioned 4% (2011 est.)

Source : Eurostat, World Bank, The CIA World Factbook

Currency: Euro

GDP: € 6,847.1 millions (2023)

GDP per capita (PPS): 7,329.5 € (2022)

GDP growth : 6% (2023)

Inflation: 5.1% (May 2024)

Public debt: 69.5% of GDP (December 2022)

Unemployment: 12.88% (March 2024)

Budget balance: -4,6% of GDP (December 2022)

Source : European Commission, Eurostat, IMF, Statistical Office of Montenegro, World Bank, Trading Economics

Current parliamentary composition (elections on 11th June 2023)

• 20 seats Europe Now ! (PES!)
• 17 seats Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (DPS)
• 9 seats For the Future of Montenegro (ZBCG) and its ally New Serb Democracy (NSD)
• 7 seats Democratic Montenegro (DCG)
• 6 seats Bosniak Party (BS)
• 4 seats For the Future of Montenegro (ZBCG) and its ally Democratic People's Party (DNP)
• 4 seats United Reform Action (URA)
• 3 seats Independents
• 3 seats Social-democrats (SD)
• 3 seats Socialist People's Party of Montenegro (SNP) and its ally The Citizens' Union (Civis)
• 2 seats Albanian Alternative (Ash) and its ally the Democratic Leage of Albanians (LDSH)
• 2 seats Democratic Union of Albanians (UDSh) and its ally Croatian Civic Initiative (HGI)
• 1 seat New Democratic Force (FORCA)

• Montenegro voted for its independence from Serbia and Montenegro on 21st May 2006. On 1st May 2010, the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU entered into force. On 17th December 2010, the European Council confirmed Montenegro’s accession to candidate status. On 26th June 2012, Montenegro started negotiations with the EU concerning its membership.
• The 12th ministerial Accession Conference with Montenegro took place on 10th December 2018. The conference opened negotiations on Chapter 27 -Environment and climate change. After this Conference, of a total of 35 negotiation chapters, 32 chapters have now been opened for negotiations, of which 3 have already been provisionally closed. Three chapters are already fully concluded.
• The country signed the accession agreement with NATO in May 2016.

• in government: 4/21
• in Parliament: 22/81

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