Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in Montenegro

Montenegro: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita was 77.09 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
77.09 years
Change on year
up 1.5%
World rank
92nd
of 236 countries
All-time high
77.09 years
in 2023
All-time low
58.03 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in Montenegro, 1950–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Montenegro stood at 77.09 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Montenegro peaked at 77.09 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 58.03 years, in 1950.

That places Montenegro 92nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 61.05 years 58.03 years 64.71 years 10
1960s 67.83 years 65.68 years 70.15 years 10
1970s 71.49 years 70.4 years 72.06 years 10
1980s 72.69 years 72.13 years 73.81 years 10
1990s 73.68 years 73.29 years 73.95 years 10
2000s 74.42 years 73.55 years 75.4 years 10
2010s 76.4 years 75.71 years 76.92 years 10
2020s 75.66 years 73.79 years 77.09 years 4

Countries ranked near Montenegro

  1. 89 British Virgin Islands 77.28 years compare
  2. 90 Guam 77.21 years compare
  3. 91 Turkey 77.16 years compare
  4. 93 Tokelau 77.05 years compare
  5. 94 Hungary 77.02 years compare
  6. 95 French Guiana 76.98 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Montenegro?
Life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Montenegro was 77.09 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in Montenegro?
The highest recorded value was 77.09 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in Montenegro?
The lowest recorded value was 58.03 years in 1950.
How does Montenegro rank for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
Montenegro ranks 92nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Montenegro?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Montenegro data come from?
The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
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Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.