Montenegro — Country Profile

Montenegro is in Southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia. It covers 13,812 sq km. 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). Terrain: highly indented coastline with narrow coastal plain backed by rugged high limestone mountains and plateaus. Climate: Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland.

Montenegro’s GDP is $17.375 billion (2024 est.) in purchasing-power-parity terms. At official exchange rates it stands at $8.07 billion (2024 est.). Real GDP grew 3% (2024 est.). See where Montenegro ranks among all 195 countries by GDP.

POWER --/100 — The Magna Power score is our 0–100 composite of structural national power — nine components, 135 indicators. It is the Bureau's own assessment, not a mirror of World Bank or CIA figures.

Momentum 0 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).

An uneventful quarter, recorded without embellishment: no breakthrough to celebrate, no setback to mourn.

The longer forces — demographics, trade routes, regional balances — kept doing what they do, and the country rode them steadily.

• What our model rewards: inflation tamed at 3.3%; GDP per capita of $27,900 (PPP) — prosperity far above the world average
• What drags it down: a current-account deficit of $1 billion (17.4% of GDP) — living beyond its means; few natural resources to fall back on

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Energy is the physical base of economic power — what a country can generate, move and burn decides what it can build, sell and defend.

Sources: CIA World Factbook, Energy section; Our World in Data (IEA/Ember), 2024.

Trade shows what the world buys from a country and what the country must buy from the world — the balance between the two is a direct measure of economic leverage.

Source: CIA World Factbook, Economy section.

Milojko Spajić — Prime Minister. President Jakov MILATOVIC (since 20 May 2023)

Montenegro maintains 26 embassies and 4 consulates abroad, hosts 27 foreign diplomatic missions, holds permanent missions to UN New York, UN Geneva, NATO Brussels, UNESCO Paris, OSCE Vienna, CoE Strasbourg. The breadth of a diplomatic network is a direct measure of diplomatic power — it shows how far a country’s influence, alliances and interests reach.

Source: Abroad: Consular Affairs Center, of-country ranking, Jan 2026 (26/4), Zenodo https://zenodo.org/records/18109976/ . Hosted: Consular Affairs Center, in-country ranking, Jan 2026 (Podgorica 27). Multilateral rosters as for AUT.

Transport networks are economic power made physical — ports, runways, railways and pipelines decide what a country can move, sell and defend.

Major airports

Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase (TGD) — Podgorica; Tivat Airport (TIV) — Tivat.

Sources: OurAirports public-domain extract (2026-10-02); per-entry Wikipedia links included; CIA World Factbook via cia_factbook snapshot (2026-09-28)

POWER --/100 Ranked #-- of 195 countries in the Magna Country Rankings. Full ranking breakdown for Montenegro.

Historical timeline of Montenegro

This profile covers the population, economy, natural resources, leaders, and history of Montenegro — with the Bureau’s live national-power score of --/100, ranking #-- of 195 countries.