🇲🇪 Montenegro Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇲🇪 Montenegro ME / MNE #156

Nomad Score 60.0

Cities 18

Region Central European Free Trade Agreement, Balkans, Mediterranean, Slavic Countries, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Nomad Visa Countries, Adriatic, Europe, Europe, Southeast Europe, Developing Countries

Currency EUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 46/100

Press Freedom (2025) 72.8/100 #37

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.636

HDI 0.862

Regional Blocs CEFTA

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 0.8/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 7.6/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.8% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Montenegro	Jakov Milatović
Prime Minister of Montenegro	Milojko Spajić

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 46 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 72.8 / 100

Global Rank #37 / 180

Rank Change +3 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #40 63.4

Economic #44 53.7

Legal #26 81.0

Social #44 75.5

Safety #38 90.5

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.636

Liberal 0.500

Participatory 0.403

Deliberative 0.521

Egalitarian 0.501

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	72.8	37	63.4	53.7	81.0	75.5	90.5
2024	73.2	40	68.3	56.1	78.2	73.1	90.5
2023	74.3	39	72.1	58.0	81.5	76.5	83.3
2022	66.5	63	62.5	47.7	77.2	71.0	74.3
2021	65.7	104	-	-	-	-	78.0
2020	66.2	105	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	67.3	104	-	-	-	-	58.7
2018	68.8	103	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	66.4	106	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	67.2	106	-	-	-	-	72.3
2015	65.4	114	-	-	-	-	86.1
2014	65.2	114	-	-	-	-	-
2013	67.0	113	-	-	-	-	-
2012	39.0	107	-	-	-	-	-
2010	28.5	105	-	-	-	-	-
2009	17.0	77	-	-	-	-	-
2008	10.0	53	-	-	-	-	-
2007	19.0	58	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index