Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Iowa instead of Montenegro, you would:
Economy
make 2.3 times more money
Montenegro has a GDP per capita of $27,800 as of 2023, while in Iowa, the GDP per capita is $63,747 as of 2024.
be 78.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Montenegro, 15.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Iowa, that number is 3.3% as of 2025.
be 50.5% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Montenegro, 21.2% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Iowa, however, that number is 10.5% as of 2023.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.
