Total unemployment rate in Montenegro.
11.4% in 2024, down 1.7 pp from 2023: the lowest since the series began in 2005.
The incomplete period is shown separately and excluded from the annual comparison and chart.
11.2%
Dashed lines: 2009 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Quarterly rates are seasonal, so each quarter is compared with the same quarter of the previous year, not with the quarter before it.
| Quarter | Value | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 11.2% | 11.9% | -0.7 pp |
| Q4 2024 | 11.6% | 12.2% | -0.6 pp |
| Q3 2024 | 11.0% | 11.8% | -0.8 pp |
| Q2 2024 | 11.4% | 12.9% | -1.5 pp |
Rates for women and men from the same Labour Force Survey (MONSTAT).
| Group | 2024 | Change vs 2023 | Q1 2025 | Change vs Q1 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15.1% | -0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 15.2% | -0.9 pp |
| 2017 | 16.1% | -1.6 pp |
| 2016 | 17.7% | +0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 17.6% | -0.4 pp |
| 2014 | 18.0% | -1.5 pp |
| 2013 | 19.5% | -0.2 pp |
| 2012 | 19.7% | 0.0 pp |
| 2011 | 19.7% | 0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 19.7% | +0.6 pp |
| 2009 | 19.1% | +2.3 pp |
| 2008 | 16.8% | -2.6 pp |
| 2007 | 19.4% | -10.2 pp |
| 2006 | 29.6% | -0.7 pp |
| 2005 | 30.3% | — |
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.4% | -1.7 pp |
| 2023 | 13.1% | -1.6 pp |
| 2022 | 14.7% | -1.9 pp |
| 2021 | 16.6% | -1.3 pp |
| 2020 | 17.9% | +2.8 pp |
| 2019 | 15.1% | -0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 15.2% | -0.9 pp |
| 2017 | 16.1% | -1.6 pp |
| 2016 | 17.7% | +0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 17.6% | -0.4 pp |
| 2014 | 18.0% | -1.5 pp |
| 2013 | 19.5% | -0.2 pp |
| 2012 | 19.7% | 0.0 pp |
| 2011 | 19.7% | 0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 19.7% | +0.6 pp |
| 2009 | 19.1% | +2.3 pp |
| 2008 | 16.8% | -2.6 pp |
| 2007 | 19.4% | -10.2 pp |
| 2006 | 29.6% | -0.7 pp |
| 2005 | 30.3% | — |
| Total |
| 11.4% |
| -1.7 pp |
| 11.2% | -0.7 pp |
| Women | 12.2% | -1.8 pp | 8.3% | -5.8 pp |
| Men | 10.8% | -1.4 pp | 13.5% | +3.3 pp |