Montenegro: Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Montenegro's net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) rose 628.9% on 2022 (from US$12.13 million to US$88.44 million).

Across the 16 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2022), the average change was +3.6% and a typical year strayed about 47.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 13.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 628.9% in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 90.7% in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, Montenegro had the 106th highest value of the 136 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Montenegro in the 2023 ranking

• Belarus — 102nd of 136: US$97.29 million
• Samoa — 103rd of 136: US$94.87 million
• Cuba — 104th of 136: US$92.95 million
• Eswatini — 106th of 136: US$85.01 million
• Bhutan — 107th of 136: US$77.45 million
• Azerbaijan — 108th of 136: US$76.37 million

What this measures

Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors are the net disbursements of official development assistance (ODA) or official aid from the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Net disbursements are gross disbursements of grants and loans minus repayments of principal on earlier loans. ODA consists of loans made on concessional terms (with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent) and grants made to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. Official aid refers to aid flows from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data.

Limitations: Data exclude DAC members’ multilateral aid (contributions to the regular budgets of the multilateral institutions). However, projects executed by multilateral institutions or nongovernmental organizations on behalf of DAC members are classified as bilateral aid (since the donor country effectively controls the use of the funds) and are included in the data. Aid to unspecified economies is included in regional totals and, when possible, income group totals. Aid not allocated by country or region - including administrative costs, research on development, and aid to nongovernmental organizations - is included in the world total.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 18 values

Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) in nearby economies

• Albania — US$395.77 million (2023)
• Armenia — US$209.58 million (2023)
• Azerbaijan — US$76.37 million (2023)
• Belarus — US$97.29 million (2023)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$373.08 million (2023)
• Georgia — US$520.01 million (2023)
• Kazakhstan — US$34.61 million (2023)
• Kosovo — US$341.03 million (2023)
• Kyrgyz Republic

More economic policy & debt data for Montenegro

• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$651,532 (2021)
• Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added (% manufacturing value added) — 14.86% (2024)
• Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) — US$105.26 million (2021)
• GDP (current US$) — US$9.23 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 8.17 billion (2025)
• GDP, linked series (current LCU) — 8.17 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$5.47 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 4.66 billion (2025)
• GDP, PPP (current international $) — 22.07 billion (2025)
• GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)

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Questions people ask

What is Montenegro's net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$)?

US$88.44 million in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2006?

It is up 12.17% from US$78.84 million in 2006 (0.68% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$204.47 million in 2020 and the lowest US$12.13 million in 2022.

How does Montenegro rank?

106th highest of 136 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) unusual for Montenegro?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DC.DAC.TOTL.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Developmen… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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