Freedom of Association Index in Montenegro
Montenegro: Freedom of Association Index was 0.868 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Freedom of Association Index in Montenegro, 1900–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Montenegro recorded 0.868 for freedom of association index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freedom of association index in Montenegro peaked at 0.868 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.327, in 1912.
That places Montenegro 44th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Freedom of Association Index in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 0.409 | — |
| 1901 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1902 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1903 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1904 | 0.409 | +0.0% |
| 1905 | 0.42 | +2.7% |
| 1906 | 0.437 | +4.0% |
| 1907 | 0.395 | -9.6% |
| 1908 | 0.395 | +0.0% |
| 1909 | 0.397 | +0.5% |
| 1910 | 0.397 | +0.0% |
| 1911 | 0.357 | -10.1% |
| 1912 | 0.327 | -8.4% |
| 1913 | 0.354 | +8.3% |
| 1914 | 0.36 | +1.7% |
| 1915 | 0.36 | +0.0% |
| 1916 | 0.36 | +0.0% |
| 1917 | 0.36 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.616 | +71.1% |
| 1999 | 0.696 | +13.0% |
| 2000 | 0.696 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.695 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.734 | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 0.742 | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.785 | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 0.785 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.788 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.806 | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.805 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.805 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.803 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.803 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.802 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.825 | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.827 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.827 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.829 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.823 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.824 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.849 | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 0.855 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.855 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.855 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.862 | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.868 | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 0.868 | +0.0% |
Montenegro compared with similar countries
- Montenegro's 0.868 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7185, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Montenegro's 0.868 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8555, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Freedom of Association Index in Montenegro changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +71.1% | 0.36 | 0.616 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.4089 | 0.395 | 0.437 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.3594 | 0.327 | 0.397 | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.656 | 0.616 | 0.696 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7641 | 0.695 | 0.806 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8212 | 0.802 | 0.849 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8605 | 0.855 | 0.868 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
More social development data for Montenegro
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 12,269 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 696 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 3 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0011 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 696 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0197 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freedom of association index in Montenegro?
- Freedom of association index in Montenegro was 0.868 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 0.868 in 2024.
- What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.327 in 1912.
- How does Montenegro rank for freedom of association index?
- Montenegro ranks 44th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Montenegro data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which parties, including opposition parties, are allowed to form and participate in elections and the extent to which civil society organizations are allowed to form and operate freely.