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Montenegro vs North Macedonia

114 shared metrics.

MontenegroLeads in 61

vs114 shared

North MacedoniaLeads in 53

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Montenegro

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Identity

Name origin: the name in Italian means "dark mountain" and is a translation of the Serbo-Croatian name Crna Gora.

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Geography

Size snapshot: slightly smaller than Connecticut.

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North Macedonia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of North Macedonia.

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Identity

Name origin: the name derives from the ancient kingdom of Macedon (7th to 2nd centuries B.C.), whose name origin is unclear.

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Analysis

Montenegro leads in 61 of 114 shared metrics, while North Macedonia leads in 53.

Montenegro's Spirits Consumption is 3.4x that of North Macedonia (3.2 L/person/yr vs 0.73 L/person/yr).

Montenegro's Wind Electricity Share is 2.9x that of North Macedonia (11.38% vs 2.9%).

Montenegro's Tourist Arrivals is 2.0x that of North Macedonia (351.0K vs 118.0K).

Montenegro's Firms Hit by Power Outages is 2.0x that of North Macedonia (55.4% of firms vs 18.66% of firms).

Montenegro's Capital Elevation is 1.6x that of North Macedonia (650 m vs 251 m).

Key Comparisons

Spirits ConsumptionMontenegro leads

Montenegro

3.2 L/person/yr

North Macedonia

0.73 L/person/yr

Wind Electricity ShareMontenegro leads

Montenegro

11.38%

North Macedonia

2.9%

Tourist ArrivalsMontenegro leads

Montenegro

351.0K

North Macedonia

118.0K

Firms Hit by Power OutagesMontenegro leads

Montenegro

55.4% of firms

North Macedonia

18.66% of firms

Capital ElevationMontenegro leads

Montenegro

650 m

North Macedonia

251 m

Seafood Consumption per PersonMontenegro leads

Montenegro

15.56 kg/person/yr

North Macedonia

6.1 kg/person/yr

All Metrics

Spirits Consumption

Montenegro

3.2 L/person/yr

North Macedonia

0.73 L/person/yr

343% higher

Wind Electricity Share

Montenegro

11.38%

North Macedonia

2.9%

288% higher

Tourist Arrivals

Montenegro

351.0K

North Macedonia

118.0K

197% higher

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Montenegro

55.4% of firms

North Macedonia

18.66% of firms

197% higher

Capital Elevation

Montenegro

650 m

North Macedonia

251 m

159% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Montenegro

15.56 kg/person/yr

North Macedonia

6.1 kg/person/yr

154% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Montenegro

9.9 L/adult/yr

North Macedonia

4.4 L/adult/yr

127% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Montenegro

14.46%

North Macedonia

6.4%

127% higher

Milk Consumption per Person

Montenegro

349.21 kg/person/yr

North Macedonia

157.93 kg/person/yr

121% higher

Renewable Energy (%)

Montenegro

39.6%

North Macedonia

19.5%

103% higher

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Montenegro

4.0 sites

North Macedonia

2.0 sites

100% higher

Meat Consumption per Person

Montenegro

73.01 kg/person/yr

North Macedonia

36.62 kg/person/yr

99% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Montenegro

$1,107.06

North Macedonia

$561.69

97% higher

Irrigated Land

North Macedonia

Montenegro

24 km²

North Macedonia

844 km²

97% lower

Suicide Rate

Montenegro

11.31 per 100k

North Macedonia

5.8 per 100k

96% higher

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Montenegro

207.24 per 100 people

North Macedonia

108 per 100 people

92% higher

Beer Consumption

Montenegro

3.8 L/person/yr

North Macedonia

2.0 L/person/yr

91% higher

Domestic Patents

North Macedonia

Montenegro

5.0

North Macedonia

88% lower

Solar Electricity Share

North Macedonia

Montenegro

5.7%

North Macedonia

23.75%

76% lower

Firms Making Informal Payments

North Macedonia

Montenegro

4.7% of firms

North Macedonia

18.39% of firms

75% lower

Comparison of Montenegro and North Macedonia across 114 metrics
				Winner
Spirits Consumption	3.2 L/person/yr	0.73 L/person/yr	343% higher	Montenegro
Wind Electricity Share	11.38%	2.9%	288% higher	Montenegro
Tourist Arrivals	351.0K	118.0K	197% higher	Montenegro
Firms Hit by Power Outages	55.4% of firms	18.66% of firms	197% higher	Montenegro
Capital Elevation	650 m	251 m	159% higher	Montenegro
Seafood Consumption per Person	15.56 kg/person/yr	6.1 kg/person/yr	154% higher	Montenegro
Alcohol Consumption	9.9 L/adult/yr	4.4 L/adult/yr	127% higher	Montenegro
High-Tech Exports (%)	14.46%	6.4%	127% higher	Montenegro
Milk Consumption per Person	349.21 kg/person/yr	157.93 kg/person/yr	121% higher	Montenegro
Renewable Energy (%)	39.6%	19.5%	103% higher	Montenegro
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	4.0 sites	2.0 sites	100% higher	Montenegro
Meat Consumption per Person	73.01 kg/person/yr	36.62 kg/person/yr	99% higher	Montenegro
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,107.06	$561.69	97% higher	Montenegro
Irrigated Land	24 km²	844 km²	97% lower	North Macedonia
Suicide Rate	11.31 per 100k	5.8 per 100k	96% higher	Montenegro
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	207.24 per 100 people	108 per 100 people	92% higher	Montenegro
Beer Consumption	3.8 L/person/yr	2.0 L/person/yr	91% higher	Montenegro
Domestic Patents	5.0	42	88% lower	North Macedonia
Solar Electricity Share	5.7%	23.75%	76% lower	North Macedonia
Firms Making Informal Payments	4.7% of firms	18.39% of firms	75% lower	North Macedonia
Population	599.8K	2.14M	72% lower	North Macedonia
Government Debt (% GDP)	67.2% of GDP	39.3% of GDP	71% higher	Montenegro
Railway Length	250 km	699 km	64% lower	North Macedonia
Airports	5.0	13	62% lower	North Macedonia
Agricultural Land (%)	19.59%	49.6%	61% lower	North Macedonia
Road Traffic Death Rate	9.1 per 100k	5.7 per 100k	60% higher	Montenegro
Electric Generating Capacity	1.08M kW	2.47M kW	56% lower	North Macedonia
Forest Coverage (%)	61.49%	39.71%	55% higher	Montenegro
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	2.2 per 100k people	1.4 per 100k people	54% higher	Montenegro
GDP (Nominal)	$8,270,016,670.87	$16,951,682,245.42	51% lower	North Macedonia
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	North Macedonia
All-Time Olympic Medals	1.0 medals	2.0 medals	50% lower	North Macedonia
Homicide Rate	0.79 per 100k	1.5 per 100k	48% lower	North Macedonia
Land Area	13.4K km²	25.2K km²	47% lower	North Macedonia
GNI Per Capita	$12,210	$8,300	47% higher	Montenegro
Vehicles per 1,000 People	337.76 per 1k people	231.62 per 1k people	46% higher	Montenegro
Credit Card Ownership	13.93% of adults	25.95% of adults	46% lower	North Macedonia
Scientific Publications	294.93	532.17	45% lower	North Macedonia
Political Corruption Index	0.43	0.75	43% lower	North Macedonia
Health Spending (% GDP)	10.92% of GDP	7.6% of GDP	43% higher	Montenegro
Electricity Carbon Intensity	264.23 gCO2/kWh	441.35 gCO2/kWh	40% lower	North Macedonia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	4.6K kWh/person	3.3K kWh/person	37% higher	Montenegro
Population Density	46.36 /km²	72.47 /km²	36% lower	North Macedonia
Electricity Generation	3.7 TWh	5.8 TWh	36% lower	North Macedonia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.50	0.37	34% higher	Montenegro
Women in Senior Management	48.11% of managers	36.44% of managers	32% higher	Montenegro
Obesity Rate	21.05%	30.65%	31% lower	North Macedonia
Women in Parliament (%)	27.16%	39.17%	31% lower	North Macedonia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	17.98 µg/m³	26.12 µg/m³	31% lower	North Macedonia
Exports (% GDP)	43.75% of GDP	61.68% of GDP	29% lower	North Macedonia
Tourism Revenue	$180,000,000	$253,000,000	29% lower	North Macedonia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$34,225.87	$26,536.05	29% higher	Montenegro
Teen Birth Rate	9.4 per 1k	12.96 per 1k	28% lower	North Macedonia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.85	0.66	28% higher	Montenegro
Armed Forces Personnel	12.0K	16.0K	25% lower	North Macedonia
Infant Mortality	2.1 per 1k births	2.8 per 1k births	25% lower	North Macedonia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	83.45 per 100k	67.15 per 100k	24% higher	Montenegro
Nurses & Midwives	6.0 per 1k	4.8 per 1k	24% higher	Montenegro
Protected Land (%)	21.7%	28.2%	23% lower	North Macedonia
Child Mortality	2.6 per 1k births	3.3 per 1k births	21% lower	North Macedonia
Coal Electricity Share	24.39%	30.65%	20% lower	North Macedonia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.7K kg oil eq/person	1.5K kg oil eq/person	19% higher	Montenegro
Land Border Length	680 km	838 km	19% lower	North Macedonia
Fertility Rate	1.8 children/woman	1.5 children/woman	18% higher	Montenegro
Firms with Female Top Manager	13.5% of firms	16.43% of firms	18% lower	North Macedonia
Forest Area	8.3K km²	10.0K km²	17% lower	North Macedonia
Insufficient Physical Activity	21.39% of adults	25.8% of adults	17% lower	North Macedonia
Firms Asked for Bribes	8.0% of firms	9.6% of firms	16% lower	North Macedonia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	7.2% of GDP	6.2% of GDP	16% higher	Montenegro
Corruption Perceptions Index	46 pts	40 pts	15% higher	Montenegro
Youth Unemployment Rate	24.44% of youth labor force	28.75% of youth labor force	15% lower	North Macedonia
Digital Payments Used	64.34% of adults	75.19% of adults	14% lower	North Macedonia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.64	0.56	13% higher	Montenegro
Military Spending	1.8% of GDP	2.1% of GDP	13% lower	North Macedonia
Imports (% GDP)	66.2% of GDP	74.65% of GDP	11% lower	North Macedonia
Broadband Access (%)	32 per 100 people	29.18 per 100 people	10% higher	Montenegro
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.8 per 1k	4.2 per 1k	10% lower	North Macedonia
Average Weekly Work Hours	42.86 hrs/week	39.39 hrs/week	9% higher	Montenegro
Youth Population (%)	18.13%	16.82%	8% higher	Montenegro
Highest Elevation	2.5K m	2.8K m	8% lower	North Macedonia
Birth Rate	10.77 per 1k	10.07 per 1k	7% higher	Montenegro
Death Rate	10.29 per 1k	9.6 per 1k	7% higher	Montenegro
Life Evaluation Score	6.1 pts	5.7 pts	7% higher	Montenegro
Human Development Index	0.86	0.81	6% higher	Montenegro
Tobacco Use Prevalence	37.3% of adults	39.6% of adults	6% lower	North Macedonia
Inflation Rate	3.3%	3.5%	6% lower	North Macedonia
Safe Drinking Water (%)	85.5%	80.79%	6% higher	Montenegro
GDP Growth Rate	3.2%	3.0%	6% higher	Montenegro
Dependency Ratio	56.15% of working-age pop.	53.49% of working-age pop.	5% higher	Montenegro
Women's Political Empowerment	0.87	0.82	5% higher	Montenegro
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.8 per 1k	2.9 per 1k	5% lower	North Macedonia
Unemployment Rate	14.1%	13.42%	5% higher	Montenegro
Urban Population (%)	65.54%	62.56%	5% higher	Montenegro
Can Raise Emergency Money	90.44% of adults	94.02% of adults	4% lower	North Macedonia
Life Expectancy	77.6 years	75.3 years	3% higher	Montenegro
Median Age	39.3 years	40.3 years	2% lower	North Macedonia
Water Withdrawal	2.2 B m³	2.2 B m³	2% higher	Montenegro
Internet Users (%)	88.88%	87%	2% higher	Montenegro
CO2 Per Capita	3.7 t/person/yr	3.6 t/person/yr	2% higher	Montenegro
Sanitation Access (%)	97.85%	99%	1% lower	North Macedonia
Elderly Population (%)	17.83%	18.02%	1% lower	North Macedonia
Food Waste per Person	125.63 kg/person/yr	124.83 kg/person/yr	1% higher	Montenegro
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	equal	Montenegro
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	20 days/yr	equal	Montenegro
University Enrollment Rate	55.17%	55.01%	equal	Montenegro
Coastline Length	293.5 km	0 km	ranked higher	Montenegro
Hypertension Prevalence	45.1% of adults	45.2% of adults	equal	North Macedonia
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Montenegro
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.47 per 1M people	ranked lower	North Macedonia
Lowest Elevation	0 m	50 m	ranked lower	North Macedonia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-20.5% of GDP	-4.4% of GDP	ranked lower	North Macedonia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	0 gold medals	ranked higher	Montenegro
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Montenegro
Border Neighbors	4.0	4.0	equal	Montenegro

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Analysis

Montenegro leads in 61 of 114 shared metrics, while North Macedonia leads in 53.

Montenegro's Spirits Consumption is 3.4x that of North Macedonia (3.2 L/person/yr vs 0.73 L/person/yr).

Montenegro's Wind Electricity Share is 2.9x that of North Macedonia (11.38% vs 2.9%).

Montenegro's Tourist Arrivals is 2.0x that of North Macedonia (351.0K vs 118.0K).

Montenegro's Firms Hit by Power Outages is 2.0x that of North Macedonia (55.4% of firms vs 18.66% of firms).

Montenegro's Capital Elevation is 1.6x that of North Macedonia (650 m vs 251 m).

Key Comparisons

Spirits ConsumptionMontenegro leads

Montenegro

3.2 L/person/yr

North Macedonia

0.73 L/person/yr

Wind Electricity ShareMontenegro leads

Montenegro

11.38%

North Macedonia

2.9%

Tourist ArrivalsMontenegro leads

Montenegro

351.0K

North Macedonia

118.0K

Firms Hit by Power OutagesMontenegro leads

Montenegro

55.4% of firms

North Macedonia

18.66% of firms

Capital ElevationMontenegro leads

Montenegro

650 m

North Macedonia

251 m

Seafood Consumption per PersonMontenegro leads

Montenegro

15.56 kg/person/yr

North Macedonia

6.1 kg/person/yr

Spirits Consumption

3.2 L/person/yr

0.73 L/person/yr

Wind Electricity Share

11.38%

2.9%

Tourist Arrivals

351.0K

118.0K

Firms Hit by Power Outages

55.4% of firms

18.66% of firms

Capital Elevation

650 m

251 m

Seafood Consumption per Person

15.56 kg/person/yr

6.1 kg/person/yr

Alcohol Consumption

9.9 L/adult/yr

4.4 L/adult/yr

High-Tech Exports (%)

14.46%

6.4%

Milk Consumption per Person

349.21 kg/person/yr

157.93 kg/person/yr

Renewable Energy (%)

39.6%

19.5%

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

4.0 sites

2.0 sites

Meat Consumption per Person

73.01 kg/person/yr

36.62 kg/person/yr

Health Spending Per Capita

$1,107.06

$561.69

Irrigated Land

24 km²

844 km²

Suicide Rate

11.31 per 100k

5.8 per 100k

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

207.24 per 100 people

108 per 100 people

Beer Consumption

3.8 L/person/yr

2.0 L/person/yr

Domestic Patents

5.0

Solar Electricity Share

5.7%

23.75%

Firms Making Informal Payments

4.7% of firms

18.39% of firms

Montenegro vs North Macedonia

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Spirits Consumption

Wind Electricity Share

Tourist Arrivals

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Capital Elevation

Seafood Consumption per Person

Alcohol Consumption

High-Tech Exports (%)

Milk Consumption per Person

Renewable Energy (%)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Meat Consumption per Person

Health Spending Per Capita

Irrigated Land

Suicide Rate

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Beer Consumption

Domestic Patents

Solar Electricity Share

Firms Making Informal Payments

Population

Government Debt (% GDP)

Railway Length

Airports

Agricultural Land (%)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Electric Generating Capacity

Forest Coverage (%)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

GDP (Nominal)

Official Languages Count

All-Time Olympic Medals

Homicide Rate

Land Area

GNI Per Capita

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Credit Card Ownership

Scientific Publications

Political Corruption Index

Health Spending (% GDP)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Population Density

Electricity Generation

Liberal Democracy Index

Women in Senior Management

Obesity Rate

Women in Parliament (%)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Exports (% GDP)

Tourism Revenue

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Teen Birth Rate

Freedom of Expression Index

Armed Forces Personnel

Infant Mortality

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Nurses & Midwives

Protected Land (%)

Child Mortality

Coal Electricity Share

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Land Border Length

Fertility Rate

Firms with Female Top Manager

Forest Area

Insufficient Physical Activity

Firms Asked for Bribes

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Youth Unemployment Rate

Digital Payments Used