factbook.json/europe/mj.json

{
  "Introduction": {
    "Background": {
      "text": "The use of the name Crna Gora or Black Mountain (Montenegro) began in the 13th century in reference to a highland region in the Serbian province of Zeta. Under Ottoman control beginning in 1496, Montenegro was a semi-autonomous theocracy ruled by a series of bishop princes until 1852, when it became a secular principality. Montenegro fought a series of wars with the Ottomans and eventually won recognition as an independent sovereign principality at the Congress of Berlin in 1878. In 1918, the country was absorbed by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, which became the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929. At the end of World War II, Montenegro joined the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). When the SFRY dissolved in 1992, Montenegro and Serbia created the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which shifted in 2003 to a looser State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. Montenegro voted to restore its independence on 3 June 2006. Montenegro became an official EU candidate in 2010 and joined NATO in 2017."
    }
  },
  "Geography": {
    "Location": {
      "text": "Southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia"
    },
    "Geographic coordinates": {
      "text": "42 30 N, 19 18 E"
    },
    "Map references": {
      "text": "Europe"
    },
    "Area": {
      "total ": {
        "text": "13,812 sq km"
      },
      "land": {
        "text": "13,452 sq km"
      },
      "water": {
        "text": "360 sq km"
      }
    },
    "Area - comparative": {
      "text": "slightly smaller than Connecticut; slightly larger than twice the size of Delaware"
    },
    "Land boundaries": {
      "total": {
        "text": "680 km"
      },
      "border countries": {
        "text": "Albania 186 km; Bosnia and Herzegovina 242 km; Croatia 19 km; Kosovo 76 km; Serbia 157 km"
      }
    },
    "Coastline": {
      "text": "293.5 km"
    },
    "Maritime claims": {
      "territorial sea": {
        "text": "12 nm"
      },
      "continental shelf": {
        "text": "defined by treaty"
      }
    },
    "Climate": {
      "text": "Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland"
    },
    "Terrain": {
      "text": "highly indented coastline with narrow coastal plain backed by rugged high limestone mountains and plateaus"
    },
    "Elevation": {
      "highest point": {
        "text": "Zia Kolata 2,534 m"
      },
      "lowest point": {
        "text": "Adriatic Sea 0 m"
      },
      "mean elevation": {
        "text": "1,086 m"
      }
    },
    "Natural resources": {
      "text": "bauxite, hydroelectricity"
    },
    "Land use": {
      "agricultural land": {
        "text": "38.2% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: arable land": {
        "text": "arable land: 12.9% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent crops": {
        "text": "permanent crops: 1.2% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent pasture": {
        "text": "permanent pasture: 24.1% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "forest": {
        "text": "40.4% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "other": {
        "text": "21.4% (2018 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Irrigated land": {
      "text": "24 sq km (2012)"
    },
    "Major lakes (area sq km)": {
      "fresh water lake(s)": {
        "text": "Lake Scutari (shared with Albania) - 400 sq km<br>note - largest lake in the Balkans"
      }
    },
    "Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
      "text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Black Sea)</em> Danube (795,656 sq km)"
    },
    "Population distribution": {
      "text": "highest population density is concentrated in the south, southwest; the extreme eastern border is the least populated area"
    },
    "Natural hazards": {
      "text": "destructive earthquakes"
    },
    "Geography - note": {
      "text": "strategic location along the Adriatic coast"
    }
  },
  "People and Society": {
    "Population": {
      "total": {
        "text": "599,849"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "294,482"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "305,367 (2024 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Nationality": {
      "noun": {
        "text": "Montenegrin(s)"
      },
      "adjective": {
        "text": "Montenegrin"
      }
    },
    "Ethnic groups": {
      "text": "Montenegrin 45%, Serbian 28.7%, Bosniak 8.7%, Albanian 4.9%, Muslim 3.3%, Romani 1%, Croat 1%, other 2.6%, unspecified 4.9% (2011 est.)"
    },
    "Languages": {
      "Languages": {
        "text": "Serbian 42.9%, Montenegrin (official) 37%, Bosnian 5.3%, Albanian 5.3%, Serbo-Croat 2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 4% (2011 est.)"
      },
      "major-language sample(s)": {
        "text": "<br>Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian) <br><br>Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Montenegrin/Bosnian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
      }
    },
    "Religions": {
      "text": "Orthodox 72.1%, Muslim 19.1%, Catholic 3.4%, atheist 1.2%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.6% (2011 est.)"
    },
    "Age structure": {
      "0-14 years": {
        "text": "17.7% (male 54,608/female 51,594)"
      },
      "15-64 years": {
        "text": "64.4% (male 192,631/female 193,515)"
      },
      "65 years and over": {
        "text": "17.9% (2024 est.) (male 47,243/female 60,258)"
      }
    },
    "Dependency ratios": {
      "total dependency ratio": {
        "text": "52.5"
      },
      "youth dependency ratio": {
        "text": "27.7"
      },
      "elderly dependency ratio": {
        "text": "24.8"
      },
      "potential support ratio": {
        "text": "4 (2021 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Median age": {
      "total": {
        "text": "41.1 years (2024 est.)"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "39.5 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "42.5 years"
      }
    },
    "Population growth rate": {
      "text": "-0.44% (2024 est.)"
    },
    "Birth rate": {
      "text": "10.9 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
    },
    "Death rate": {
      "text": "10.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
    },
    "Net migration rate": {
      "text": "-5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
    },
    "Population distribution": {
      "text": "highest population density is concentrated in the south, southwest; the extreme eastern border is the least populated area"
    },
    "Urbanization": {
      "urban population": {
        "text": "68.5% of total population (2023)"
      },
      "rate of urbanization": {
        "text": "0.45% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Major urban areas - population": {
      "text": "177,000 PODGORICA (capital) (2018)"
    },
    "Sex ratio": {
      "at birth": {
        "text": "1.04 male(s)/female"
      },
      "0-14 years": {
        "text": "1.06 male(s)/female"
      },
      "15-64 years": {
        "text": "1 male(s)/female"
      },
      "65 years and over": {
        "text": "0.78 male(s)/female"
      },
      "total population": {
        "text": "0.96 male(s)/female (2024 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Mother's mean age at first birth": {
      "text": "26.3 years (2010 est.)"
    },
    "Maternal mortality ratio": {
      "text": "6 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)"
    },
    "Infant mortality rate": {
      "total": {
        "text": "3.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "2.7 deaths/1,000 live births"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "3.7 deaths/1,000 live births"
      }
    },
    "Life expectancy at birth": {
      "total population": {
        "text": "78.2 years (2024 est.)"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "75.8 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "80.7 years"
      }
    },
    "Total fertility rate": {
      "text": "1.8 children born/woman (2024 est.)"
    },
    "Gross reproduction rate": {
      "text": "0.89 (2024 est.)"
    },
    "Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
      "text": "20.7% (2018)"
    },
    "Drinking water source": {
      "improved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: 100% of population"
      },
      "improved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: 98.2% of population"
      },
      "improved: total": {
        "text": "total: 99.4% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: 0% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: 1.8% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: total": {
        "text": "total: 0.6% of population (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Current health expenditure": {
      "text": "11.4% of GDP (2020)"
    },
    "Physician density": {
      "text": "2.74 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
    },
    "Hospital bed density": {
      "text": "3.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)"
    },
    "Sanitation facility access": {
      "improved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: 100% of population"
      },
      "improved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: 93.9% of population"
      },
      "improved: total": {
        "text": "total: 98% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: 0% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: 6.1% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: total": {
        "text": "total: 2% of population (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
      "text": "23.3% (2016)"
    },
    "Alcohol consumption per capita": {
      "total": {
        "text": "9.91 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      },
      "beer": {
        "text": "3.83 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      },
      "wine": {
        "text": "2.68 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      },
      "spirits": {
        "text": "3.22 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      },
      "other alcohols": {
        "text": "0.16 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Tobacco use": {
      "total": {
        "text": "31.4% (2020 est.)"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "31.6% (2020 est.)"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "31.1% (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
      "text": "3.7% (2018/19)"
    },
    "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
      "text": "57.1% (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Child marriage": {
      "women married by age 15": {
        "text": "1.9%"
      },
      "women married by age 18": {
        "text": "5.8%"
      },
      "men married by age 18": {
        "text": "3.2% (2018 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Education expenditures": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Literacy": {
      "definition": {
        "text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
      },
      "total population": {
        "text": "99%"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "99.4%"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "98.5% (2021)"
      }
    },
    "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
      "total": {
        "text": "15 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "15 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "16 years (2021)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Environment": {
    "Environment - current issues": {
      "text": "pollution of coastal waters from sewage outlets, especially in tourist-related areas such as Kotor; serious air pollution in Podgorica, Pljevlja and Niksie; air pollution in Pljevlja is caused by the nearby lignite power plant and the domestic use of coal and wood for household heating"
    },
    "Environment - international agreements": {
      "party to": {
        "text": "Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands"
      },
      "signed, but not ratified": {
        "text": "none of the selected agreements"
      }
    },
    "Climate": {
      "text": "Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland"
    },
    "Land use": {
      "agricultural land": {
        "text": "38.2% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: arable land": {
        "text": "arable land: 12.9% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent crops": {
        "text": "permanent crops: 1.2% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent pasture": {
        "text": "permanent pasture: 24.1% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "forest": {
        "text": "40.4% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "other": {
        "text": "21.4% (2018 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Urbanization": {
      "urban population": {
        "text": "68.5% of total population (2023)"
      },
      "rate of urbanization": {
        "text": "0.45% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Revenue from forest resources": {
      "text": "0.43% of GDP (2018 est.)"
    },
    "Revenue from coal": {
      "text": "0.12% of GDP (2018 est.)"
    },
    "Air pollutants": {
      "particulate matter emissions": {
        "text": "19.3 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)"
      },
      "carbon dioxide emissions": {
        "text": "2.02 megatons (2016 est.)"
      },
      "methane emissions": {
        "text": "0.75 megatons (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Waste and recycling": {
      "municipal solid waste generated annually": {
        "text": "332,000 tons (2015 est.)"
      },
      "municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
        "text": "17,994 tons (2015 est.)"
      },
      "percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
        "text": "5.4% (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Major lakes (area sq km)": {
      "fresh water lake(s)": {
        "text": "Lake Scutari (shared with Albania) - 400 sq km<br>note - largest lake in the Balkans"
      }
    },
    "Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
      "text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Black Sea)</em> Danube (795,656 sq km)"
    },
    "Total water withdrawal": {
      "municipal": {
        "text": "100 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
      },
      "industrial": {
        "text": "60 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural": {
        "text": "1.7 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Government": {
    "Country name": {
      "conventional long form": {
        "text": "none"
      },
      "conventional short form": {
        "text": "Montenegro"
      },
      "local long form": {
        "text": "none"
      },
      "local short form": {
        "text": "Crna Gora"
      },
      "former": {
        "text": "People's Republic of Montenegro, Socialist Republic of Montenegro, Republic of Montenegro"
      },
      "etymology": {
        "text": "the country's name locally as well as in most Western European languages means \"black mountain\" and refers to the dark coniferous forests on Mount Lovcen and the surrounding area"
      }
    },
    "Government type": {
      "text": "parliamentary republic"
    },
    "Capital": {
      "name": {
        "text": "Podgorica; note - Cetinje retains the status of \"Old Royal Capital\""
      },
      "geographic coordinates": {
        "text": "42 26 N, 19 16 E"
      },
      "time difference": {
        "text": "UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
      },
      "daylight saving time": {
        "text": "+1 hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
      },
      "etymology": {
        "text": "the name translates as \"beneath Gorica\"; the meaning of Gorica is \"hillock\"; the reference is to the small hill named Gorica that the city is built around"
      }
    },
    "Administrative divisions": {
      "text": "25 municipalities (opstine, singular - opstina); Andrijevica, Bar, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Budva, Cetinje, Danilovgrad, Gusinje, Herceg Novi, Kolasin, Kotor, Mojkovac, Niksic, Petnjica, Plav, Pljevlja, Pluzine, Podgorica, Rozaje, Savnik, Tivat, Tuzi, Ulcinj, Zabljak, Zeta"
    },
    "Independence": {
      "text": "3 June 2006 (from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro); notable earlier dates: 13 March 1852 (Principality of Montenegro established); 13 July 1878 (Congress of Berlin recognizes Montenegrin independence); 28 August 1910 (Kingdom of Montenegro established)"
    },
    "National holiday": {
      "text": "Statehood Day, 13 July (1878, the day the Berlin Congress recognized Montenegro as the 27th independent state in the world, and 1941, the day the Montenegrins staged an uprising against fascist occupiers and sided with the partisan communist movement)"
    },
    "Legal system": {
      "text": "civil law"
    },
    "Constitution": {
      "history": {
        "text": "several previous; latest adopted 22 October 2007"
      },
      "amendments": {
        "text": "proposed by the president of Montenegro, by the government, or by at least 25 members of the Assembly; passage of draft proposals requires two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly, followed by a public hearing; passage of draft amendments requires two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly; changes to certain constitutional articles, such as sovereignty, state symbols, citizenship, and constitutional change procedures, require three-fifths majority vote in a referendum; amended 2013"
      }
    },
    "International law organization participation": {
      "text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
    },
    "Citizenship": {
      "citizenship by birth": {
        "text": "no"
      },
      "citizenship by descent only": {
        "text": "at least one parent must be a citizen of Montenegro"
      },
      "dual citizenship recognized": {
        "text": "no"
      },
      "residency requirement for naturalization": {
        "text": "10 years"
      }
    },
    "Suffrage": {
      "text": "18 years of age; universal"
    },
    "Executive branch": {
      "chief of state": {
        "text": "President Jakov MILATOVIC (since 20 May 2023)"
      },
      "head of government": {
        "text": "Prime Minister Milojko SPAJIC (since 31 October 2023)"
      },
      "cabinet": {
        "text": "ministers serve as the cabinet"
      },
      "elections/appointments": {
        "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 19 March 2023 with a runoff on 2 April 2023 (next to be held in 2028); prime minister nominated by the president, approved by the Assembly"
      },
      "election results": {
        "text": "<em><br>2023: </em>Jakov MILATOVIC elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Milo DUKANOVIC (DPS) 35.4%, Jakov MILATOVIC (Europe Now!) 28.9%, Andrija MANDIC (DF) 19.3%, Aleksa BECIC (DCG) 11.1%, other 5.3%; percent of vote in second round - Jakov MILATOVIC 58.9%, Milo DUKANOVIC 41.1%<em><br><br>2018:</em> Milo DJUKANOVIC elected president in first round; percent of vote - Milo DJUKANOVIC (DPS) 53.9%, Mladen BOJANIC (independent) 33.4%, Draginja VUKSANOVIC (SDP) 8.2%, Marko MILACIC (PRAVA) 2.8%, other 1.7%"
      }
    },
    "Legislative branch": {
      "legislature name": {
        "text": "Parliament (Skupstina)"
      },
      "legislative structure": {
        "text": "unicameral"
      },
      "number of seats": {
        "text": "81 (all directly elected)"
      },
      "electoral system": {
        "text": "proportional representation"
      },
      "scope of elections": {
        "text": "full renewal"
      },
      "term in office": {
        "text": "4 years"
      },
      "most recent election date": {
        "text": "6/11/2023"
      },
      "parties elected and seats per party": {
        "text": "Europe now! (Evropa sad) (24); Together! For the future that belongs to you (DPS – SD – DUA – LP - UDSh) (21); For the future of Montenegro (New Serb Democracy; Democratic People’s Party of Montenegro, Labour Party) (13); Bravery counts! (HRABRO se broji!) (11); It’s clear! (Jasno je!) – Bosniak Party (6); Other (6)"
      },
      "percentage of women in chamber": {
        "text": "27.2%"
      },
      "expected date of next election": {
        "text": "June 2027"
      }
    },
    "Judicial branch": {
      "highest court(s)": {
        "text": "Supreme Court or Vrhovni Sud (consists of the court president, deputy president, and 15 judges); Constitutional Court or Ustavni Sud (consists of the court president and 7 judges)"
      },
      "judge selection and term of office": {
        "text": "Supreme Court president proposed by general session of the Supreme Court and elected by the Judicial Council, a 9-member body consisting of judges, lawyers designated by the Assembly, and the minister of judicial affairs; Supreme Court president elected for a single renewable, 5-year term; other judges elected by the Judicial Council for life; Constitutional Court judges - 2 proposed by the president of Montenegro and 5 by the Assembly, and elected by the Assembly; court president elected from among the court members; court president elected for a 3-year term, other judges serve 9-year terms"
      },
      "subordinate courts": {
        "text": "Administrative Courts; Appellate Court; Commercial Courts; High Courts; basic courts"
      }
    },
    "Political parties": {
      "text": "Albanian Alliance (electoral coalition includes FORCA, PD, DSCG)<br>Albanian Alternative or AA<br>Albanian Democratic League or LDSH<br>Albanian Forum (electoral coalition includes AA, LDSH, UDSH)<br>Aleksa and Dritan - Count Bravely! (electoral coalition includes Democrats, URA)<br>Bosniak Party or BS <br>Civic Movement United Reform Action or United Reform Action or URA <br>Croatian Civic Initiative or HGI <br>Democratic Alliance or DEMOS <br>Democratic League in Montenegro or DSCG<br>Democratic Montenegro or Democrats<br>Democratic Party of Socialists or DPS <br>Democratic People's Party or DNP <br>Democratic Union of Albanians or UDSH<br>Europe Now!<br>For the Future of Montenegro or ZBCG (coalition includes NSD, DNP, RP)<br>Liberal Party or LP <br>New Democratic Power or FORCA<br>New Serb Democracy or NSD or NOVA <br>Social Democrats or SD<br>Socialist People's Party or SNP <br>Together! (electoral coalition includes DPS, SD, LP, UDSH)<br>United Montenegro or UCG (split from DEMOS)<br>Workers' Party or RP "
    },
    "International organization participation": {
      "text": "CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO",
      "note": "<strong><strong>note: </strong></strong>Montenegro is an EU candidate country whose satisfactory completion of accession criteria is required before being granted full EU membership"
    },
    "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
      "chief of mission": {
        "text": "Ambassador Jovan MIRKOVIĆ (since 18 September 2024)"
      },
      "chancery": {
        "text": "1610 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20009"
      },
      "telephone": {
        "text": "[1] (202) 234-6108"
      },
      "FAX": {
        "text": "[1] (202) 234-6109"
      },
      "email address and website": {
        "text": "<br>usa@mfa.gov.me<br><br>United States of America - Embassies and consulates of Montenegro and visa regimes for foreign citizens (www.gov.me)"
      },
      "consulate(s) general": {
        "text": "New York"
      }
    },
    "Diplomatic representation from the US": {
      "chief of mission": {
        "text": "Ambassador Judy Rising REINKE (since 20 December 2018)"
      },
      "embassy": {
        "text": "Dzona Dzeksona 2, 81000 Podgorica"
      },
      "mailing address": {
        "text": "5570 Podgorica Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5570"
      },
      "telephone": {
        "text": "[382] (0) 20-410-500"
      },
      "FAX": {
        "text": "[382]&nbsp; (0) 20-241-358"
      },
      "email address and website": {
        "text": "<br>PodgoricaACS@state.gov<br><br>https://me.usembassy.gov/"
      }
    },
    "Flag description": {
      "text": "a red field bordered by a narrow golden-yellow stripe with the Montenegrin coat of arms centered; the arms consist of a double-headed golden eagle - symbolizing the unity of church and state - surmounted by a crown; the eagle holds a golden scepter in its right claw and a blue orb in its left; the breast shield over the eagle shows a golden lion passant on a green field in front of a blue sky; the lion is a symbol of episcopal authority and harkens back to the three and a half centuries when Montenegro was ruled as a theocracy"
    },
    "National symbol(s)": {
      "text": "double-headed eagle; national colors: red, gold"
    },
    "National anthem": {
      "name": {
        "text": "\"Oj, svijetla majska zoro\" (Oh, Bright Dawn of May)"
      },
      "lyrics/music": {
        "text": "Sekula DRLJEVIC/unknown, arranged by Zarko MIKOVIC"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 2004; music based on a Montenegrin folk song"
    },
    "National heritage": {
      "total World Heritage Sites": {
        "text": "4 (3 cultural, 1 natural)"
      },
      "selected World Heritage Site locales": {
        "text": "Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (c); Durmitor National Park (n); Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (c); Fortified City of Kotor Venetian Defense Works (c)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Economy": {
    "Economic overview": {
      "text": "upper middle-income, small Balkan economy; uses euro as de facto currency; strong growth driven by tourism and consumption; new impetus for EU accession under Europe Now government; influx of affluent migrants from Russia and Ukraine; progress in fiscal position subject to risks from pension costs, debt service, and informal sector"
    },
    "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": {
        "text": "$17.173 billion (2023 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": {
        "text": "$16.149 billion (2022 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
        "text": "$15.177 billion (2021 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> data in 2021 dollars"
    },
    "Real GDP growth rate": {
      "Real GDP growth rate 2023": {
        "text": "6.34% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP growth rate 2022": {
        "text": "6.41% (2022 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP growth rate 2021": {
        "text": "13.04% (2021 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency"
    },
    "Real GDP per capita": {
      "Real GDP per capita 2023": {
        "text": "$27,900 (2023 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP per capita 2022": {
        "text": "$26,200 (2022 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP per capita 2021": {
        "text": "$24,500 (2021 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> data in 2021 dollars"
    },
    "GDP (official exchange rate)": {
      "text": "$7.531 billion (2023 est.)",
      "note": "<b>note:</b> data in current dollars at official exchange rate"
    },
    "Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
      "Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": {
        "text": "8.58% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": {
        "text": "13.04% (2022 est.)"
      },
      "Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
        "text": "2.41% (2021 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
    },
    "Credit ratings": {
      "Moody's rating": {
        "text": "B1 (2016)"
      },
      "Standard & Poors rating": {
        "text": "B+ (2014)"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
    },
    "GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
      "agriculture": {
        "text": "5.5% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "industry": {
        "text": "12.5% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "services": {
        "text": "62.2% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data"
    },
    "GDP - composition, by end use": {
      "household consumption": {
        "text": "73.1% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "government consumption": {
        "text": "17.9% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "investment in fixed capital": {
        "text": "19.6% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "investment in inventories": {
        "text": "8% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "exports of goods and services": {
        "text": "50% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "imports of goods and services": {
        "text": "-68.6% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection"
    },
    "Agricultural products": {
      "text": "milk, potatoes, grapes, watermelons, sheep milk, cabbages, oranges, eggs, goat milk, figs (2022)",
      "note": "<b>note:</b> top ten agricultural products based on tonnage"
    },
    "Industries": {
      "text": "steelmaking, aluminum, agricultural processing, consumer goods, tourism"
    },
    "Industrial production growth rate": {
      "text": "2.8% (2023 est.)",
      "note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency"
    },
    "Labor force": {
      "text": "284,000 (2023 est.)",
      "note": "<b>note:</b> number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work"
    },
    "Unemployment rate": {
      "Unemployment rate 2023": {
        "text": "15.25% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "Unemployment rate 2022": {
        "text": "15.29% (2022 est.)"
      },
      "Unemployment rate 2021": {
        "text": "16.54% (2021 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force seeking employment"
    },
    "Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
      "total": {
        "text": "27.9% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "29% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "26.3% (2023 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment"
    },
    "Population below poverty line": {
      "text": "20.3% (2021 est.)",
      "note": "<b>note:</b> % of population with income below national poverty line"
    },
    "Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income": {
      "Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2021": {
        "text": "34.3 (2021 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> index (0-100) of income distribution; higher values represent greater inequality"
    },
    "Average household expenditures": {
      "on food": {
        "text": "24.8% of household expenditures (2022 est.)"
      },
      "on alcohol and tobacco": {
        "text": "5.6% of household expenditures (2022 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
      "lowest 10%": {
        "text": "2.1% (2021 est.)"
      },
      "highest 10%": {
        "text": "24.7% (2021 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population"
    },
    "Remittances": {
      "Remittances 2023": {
        "text": "10.69% of GDP (2023 est.)"
      },
      "Remittances 2022": {
        "text": "13.33% of GDP (2022 est.)"
      },
      "Remittances 2021": {
        "text": "13.52% of GDP (2021 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities"
    },
    "Budget": {
      "revenues": {
        "text": "$1.463 billion (2015 est.)"
      },
      "expenditures": {
        "text": "$1.491 billion (2015 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> central government revenues and expenses (excluding grants/extrabudgetary units/social security funds) converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated"
    },
    "Public debt": {
      "Public debt 2017": {
        "text": "67.2% of GDP (2017 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data cover general government debt, and includes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions"
    },
    "Taxes and other revenues": {
      "text": "37.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
    },
    "Current account balance": {
      "Current account balance 2023": {
        "text": "-$851.47 million (2023 est.)"
      },
      "Current account balance 2022": {
        "text": "-$817.858 million (2022 est.)"
      },
      "Current account balance 2021": {
        "text": "-$541.201 million (2021 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars"
    },
    "Exports": {
      "Exports 2023": {
        "text": "$3.767 billion (2023 est.)"
      },
      "Exports 2022": {
        "text": "$3.178 billion (2022 est.)"
      },
      "Exports 2021": {
        "text": "$2.502 billion (2021 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars"
    },
    "Exports - partners": {
      "text": "South Korea 24%, Serbia 12%, Italy 9%, Switzerland 9%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 7% (2022)",
      "note": "<b>note:</b> top five export partners based on percentage share of exports"
    },
    "Exports - commodities": {
      "text": "copper ore, electricity, aluminum, aluminum ore, packaged medicine (2022)",
      "note": "<b>note:</b> top five export commodities based on value in dollars"
    },
    "Imports": {
      "Imports 2023": {
        "text": "$5.166 billion (2023 est.)"
      },
      "Imports 2022": {
        "text": "$4.614 billion (2022 est.)"
      },
      "Imports 2021": {
        "text": "$3.637 billion (2021 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars"
    },
    "Imports - partners": {
      "text": "Serbia 24%, China 8%, Italy 8%, Croatia 7%, Greece 7% (2022)",
      "note": "<b>note:</b> top five import partners based on percentage share of imports"
    },
    "Imports - commodities": {
      "text": "electricity, refined petroleum, aluminum, cars, garments (2022)",
      "note": "<b>note:</b> top five import commodities based on value in dollars"
    },
    "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
      "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023": {
        "text": "$1.574 billion (2023 est.)"
      },
      "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022": {
        "text": "$2.041 billion (2022 est.)"
      },
      "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021": {
        "text": "$1.982 billion (2021 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars"
    },
    "Debt - external": {
      "Debt - external 2023": {
        "text": "$3.785 billion (2023 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<b>note:</b> present value of external debt in current US dollars"
    },
    "Exchange rates": {
      "Currency": {
        "text": "euros (EUR) per US dollar -"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2023": {
        "text": "0.925 (2023 est.)"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2022": {
        "text": "0.951 (2022 est.)"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2021": {
        "text": "0.845 (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2020": {
        "text": "0.877 (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2019": {
        "text": "0.893 (2019 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> Montenegro, which is neither an EU member state nor a party to a formal EU monetary agreement, uses the euro as its de facto currency"
    }
  },
  "Energy": {
    "Electricity access": {
      "electrification - total population": {
        "text": "100% (2022 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Electricity": {
      "installed generating capacity": {
        "text": "1.066 million kW (2022 est.)"
      },
      "consumption": {
        "text": "2.963 billion kWh (2022 est.)"
      },
      "exports": {
        "text": "8.326 billion kWh (2022 est.)"
      },
      "imports": {
        "text": "8.467 billion kWh (2022 est.)"
      },
      "transmission/distribution losses": {
        "text": "507.151 million kWh (2022 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Electricity generation sources": {
      "fossil fuels": {
        "text": "47% of total installed capacity (2022 est.)"
      },
      "solar": {
        "text": "0.1% of total installed capacity (2022 est.)"
      },
      "wind": {
        "text": "9.8% of total installed capacity (2022 est.)"
      },
      "hydroelectricity": {
        "text": "43.1% of total installed capacity (2022 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Coal": {
      "production": {
        "text": "1.734 million metric tons (2022 est.)"
      },
      "consumption": {
        "text": "1.517 million metric tons (2022 est.)"
      },
      "exports": {
        "text": "234,000 metric tons (2022 est.)"
      },
      "imports": {
        "text": "2.8 metric tons (2022 est.)"
      },
      "proven reserves": {
        "text": "337 million metric tons (2022 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Petroleum": {
      "refined petroleum consumption": {
        "text": "8,000 bbl/day (2022 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Carbon dioxide emissions": {
      "total emissions": {
        "text": "2.566 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2022 est.)"
      },
      "from coal and metallurgical coke": {
        "text": "1.401 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2022 est.)"
      },
      "from petroleum and other liquids": {
        "text": "1.165 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2022 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Energy consumption per capita": {
      "Total energy consumption per capita 2022": {
        "text": "59.174 million Btu/person (2022 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Communications": {
    "Telephones - fixed lines": {
      "total subscriptions": {
        "text": "190,000 (2023 est.)"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "30 (2023 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Telephones - mobile cellular": {
      "total subscriptions": {
        "text": "1.31 million (2023 est.)"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "203 (2022 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Telecommunication systems": {
      "general assessment": {
        "text": "a small telecom market supported by a population of only 623,000; fixed broadband services are available via a variety of technology platforms, though fiber is the dominant platform, accounting for almost 40% of connections; the growth of fiber has largely been at the expense of DSL as customers are migrated to fiber networks as these are built out progressively; mobile penetration is particularly high, though this is partly due to the significant number of tourists visiting the country seasonally, as also to the popularity of subscribers having multiple prepaid cards; in the wake of the pandemic and associated restrictions on travel, the number of mobile subscribers fell in 2020, as also in the first quarter of 2021, year-on-year; networks support a vibrant mobile broadband services sector, largely based on LTE; two of the MNOs began trialing 5G in May 2021, though commercial services will not gain traction until after the multi-spectrum auction is completed at the end of 2021; spectrum is available in the 694-790MHz and 3400-3800MHz ranges, as well as in the 26.5-27.5GHz range (2021)"
      },
      "domestic": {
        "text": "fixed-line over 30 per 100 and mobile-cellular 178 per 100 persons (2021)"
      },
      "international": {
        "text": "country code - 382; 2 international switches connect the national system"
      }
    },
    "Broadcast media": {
      "text": "state-funded national radio-TV broadcaster operates 2 terrestrial TV networks, 1 satellite TV channel, and 2 radio networks;&nbsp;4 local public TV stations and 14 private TV stations; 14 local public radio stations, 35 private radio stations, and&nbsp;several on-line media (2019)"
    },
    "Internet country code": {
      "text": ".me"
    },
    "Internet users": {
      "percent of population": {
        "text": "88% (2022 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
      "total": {
        "text": "203,000 (2023 est.)"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "32 (2023 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Transportation": {
    "National air transport system": {
      "number of registered air carriers": {
        "text": "1 (2020)"
      },
      "inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
        "text": "4"
      },
      "annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
        "text": "565,522 (2018)"
      },
      "annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
        "text": "130,000 (2018) mt-km"
      }
    },
    "Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
      "text": "4O"
    },
    "Airports": {
      "text": "5 (2024)"
    },
    "Heliports": {
      "text": "1 (2024)"
    },
    "Railways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "250 km (2017)"
      },
      "standard gauge": {
        "text": "250 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (224 km electrified)"
      }
    },
    "Roadways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "9,825 km (2022)"
      }
    },
    "Merchant marine": {
      "total": {
        "text": "18 (2023)"
      },
      "by type": {
        "text": "bulk carrier 4, other 14"
      }
    },
    "Ports": {
      "total ports": {
        "text": "4 (2024)"
      },
      "large": {
        "text": "0"
      },
      "medium": {
        "text": "0"
      },
      "small": {
        "text": "1"
      },
      "very small": {
        "text": "3"
      },
      "ports with oil terminals": {
        "text": "1"
      },
      "key ports": {
        "text": "Bar, Kotor, Risan, Tivat"
      }
    }
  },
  "Military and Security": {
    "Military and security forces": {
      "text": "Army of Montenegro (Vojska Crne Gore or VCG): Ground Forces (Kopnene snage), Air Force (Vazduhoplovstvo), Navy (Mornarica) (2024)",
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> the National Police Force, which includes Border Police, is responsible for maintaining internal security; it is organized under the Police Administration within the Ministry of Interior and reports to the police director and, through the director, to the minister of interior and prime minister"
    },
    "Military expenditures": {
      "Military Expenditures 2024": {
        "text": "2% of GDP (2024 est.)"
      },
      "Military Expenditures 2023": {
        "text": "1.6% of GDP (2023)"
      },
      "Military Expenditures 2022": {
        "text": "1.4% of GDP (2022)"
      },
      "Military Expenditures 2021": {
        "text": "1.6% of GDP (2021)"
      },
      "Military Expenditures 2020": {
        "text": "1.7% of GDP (2020)"
      }
    },
    "Military and security service personnel strengths": {
      "text": "approximately 1,600 active-duty troops (2024)"
    },
    "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
      "text": "the military's inventory is small and consists largely of Soviet-era equipment inherited from the former Yugoslavia military, along with a limited but growing mix of imported Western systems (2024)"
    },
    "Military service age and obligation": {
      "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2006 (2024)",
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2024, women made up over 11% of the military's full-time personnel"
    },
    "Military - note": {
      "text": "the Army of Montenegro is a small, lightly armed military focused on the defense of Montenegro&rsquo;s sovereignty and territorial integrity, cooperating in international and multinational security, and assisting civil authorities during emergencies such as natural disasters; since Montenegro joined NATO in 2017, another focus has been integrating into the Alliance, including adapting NATO standards for planning and professionalization, structural reforms, and modernization by replacing its Soviet-era equipment; the Army trains and exercises with NATO partners and actively supports NATO missions and operations, committing small numbers of troops in Afghanistan, Kosovo, and NATO&rsquo;s Enhanced Forward Presence mission in Eastern Europe; a few personnel have also been deployed on EU- and UN-led operations (2024)"
    }
  },
  "Terrorism": {
  },
  "Transnational Issues": {
    "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
      "refugees (country of origin)": {
        "text": "65,105 (Ukraine) (as of 29 January 2024)"
      },
      "stateless persons": {
        "text": "468 (2022)"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 34,511 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2024)"
    },
    "Illicit drugs": {
      "text": "<p>drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of of large quantities of cocaine destined for European markets</p>"
    }
  }
}