How much foreign aid does the US give Montenegro?

$3.8 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $6.9 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $117.9 million.

How much US aid does Montenegro get per person?

About $6.02 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 623,129.

How much USAID funding goes to Montenegro?

USAID managed $20,048 of the FY2025 total (0.5%). The Department of State managed the most ($3.4 million).

What is US aid to Montenegro spent on?

In FY2025, by sector: Program Support $3.1 million (83.3%); Peace and Security $500,000 (13.3%); Education and Social Services $363,239 (9.7%).

Has US aid to Montenegro gone up or down?

FY2025: $3.8 million; FY2024: $13.0 million (down 71.2%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2022 ($38.0 million).

Does the US give military aid to Montenegro?

In FY2025, $500,000 (13.3%) of obligations for Montenegro was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.

Foreign aidEurope and EurasiaFiscal year 2025

US foreign aid to Montenegro

The US gave Montenegro $3.8 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $6.02 per person, 111th of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $3.8 million in foreign assistance for Montenegro and disbursed $6.9 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.

Recent years may be incomplete: agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov with a lag, and Peace and Security reporting for FY2025 is lower than earlier years. Treat the drop as provisional. (FY2025: $3.8 million against a FY2022–24 average of $18.6 million. ForeignAssistance.gov reporting status, FY2025: U.S. Agency for International Development complete, Department of State complete, Department of Defense partial agency, through quarter 4.)

FY2025 obligated

$3.8M

$3.8 million

Per person

$6.02

pop. 623,129 (2025)

Rank

111th

of 173 recipient countries

FY2025 disbursed

$6.9M

paid out in the year

Montenegro ranks 111th of 173 recipient countries

US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.

What the numbers show

FY2025 obligations were down 71.2% from $13.0 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $11.4 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2022, at $38.0 million. In total, $117.9 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.

The agency that managed the most aid for Montenegro in FY2025 was the Department of State ($3.4 million, 89.5% of the total). By sector, the largest was Program Support ($3.1 million, 83.3%). That sector includes: Direct Administrative Costs; Monitoring and Evaluation. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $500,000 (13.3%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.

For FY2026, -$533,894 has been reported so far. Agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag, so this page uses FY2025 for comparisons. The figures cover aid recorded for Montenegro itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Europe and Eurasia page).

US aid to Montenegro by year

Montenegro: $3.8M in FY2025, against a peak of $38M in FY2022

Obligations by fiscal year and managing agency, FY2015–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is incomplete. Net de-obligations are drawn as zero.

Other agencies
Defense Department
State Department
USAID

View every year as a table

Fiscal year	USAID	State Department	Defense Department	Other agencies	Total obligated	Disbursed	Per person	Rank
FY2015	-$519,039	$4.4M	$27,541	$0	$3.9M	$4.5M	$6.21	128
FY2016	-$88,762	$2.4M	$58,800	$314,000	$2.7M	$4.4M	$4.32	134
FY2017	$1.1M	$3.2M	$270,000	$0	$4.6M	$5.4M	$7.41	124
FY2018	-$3,555	$1.9M	$139,151	$256,297	$2.2M	$2.7M	$3.59	130
FY2019	-$842	$9.5M	$368,857	$326,233	$10.2M	$6.0M	$16.22	121
FY2020	$300,000	$18.0M	$12.0M	$7,006	$30.3M	$23.4M	$48.30	98
FY2021	$800,000	$3.4M	$0	$83,079	$4.3M	$6.0M	$6.90	131
FY2022	$37,415	$37.8M	$0	$135,227	$38.0M	$32.1M	$60.95	103
FY2023	$320,270	$4.3M	$0	$230,492	$4.9M	$7.0M	$7.81	126
FY2024	$209,375	$12.3M	$0	$506,015	$13.0M	$13.3M	$20.92	109
FY2025	$20,048	$3.4M	$0	$374,973	$3.8M	$6.9M	$6.02	111
FY2026*	$0	-$562,433	$0	$28,539	-$533,894	$771,459	–	–

B = billion, M = million. Agency columns and the total are obligations (money committed); "disbursed" is money actually paid out in that year, which can include payments on earlier commitments. * FY2026 is incomplete: agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag. Negative amounts are net de-obligations.

Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).

Who manages it and what it pays for, FY2025

By managing agency

Managing agency	FY2025	Share
Department of State	$3.4 million	89.5%
Peace Corps	$374,973	10.0%
U.S. Agency for International Development	$20,048	0.5%

By sector

Sector	FY2025	Share
Program Support	$3.1 million	83.3%
Peace and Security	$500,000	13.3%
Education and Social Services	$363,239	9.7%

Largest program areas

Program area	FY2025	Share
Direct Administrative Costs	$3.1 million	83.3%
Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform	$500,000	13.3%
Policies, Regulations, and Systems	$374,973	10.0%

Sectors over the last five years

Sector	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
Peace and Security	$428,928	$35.6M	$1.4M	$7.9M	$500,000
Program Support	$731,959	$736,794	$1.0M	$1.8M	$3.1M
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance	$2.1M	$1.1M	$1.5M	$2.5M	-$235,681
Education and Social Services	$100,929	$385,221	$347,992	$583,797	$363,239
Health	$824,099	$0	$41,578	$0	$0
Economic Development	$149,966	$193,319	$150,000	$194,595	-$9
Environment	$0	$0	$375,000	$30,000	$0
Humanitarian Assistance	$24,998	$0	$0	$0	$0
Multi-sector	-$12,659	-$6,973	$0	$0	$0

Who carried out the work, FY2025

Implementing partners by type, as reported to ForeignAssistance.gov. “Government” includes US agencies that carry out programs themselves and partner-country governments.

Partner type	FY2025	Share
Government	$3.4 million	90.5%
Enterprises	$409,559	10.9%

How Montenegro compares

Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025

US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.

Nicaragua	$5.1 million
Romania	$4.3 million
Montenegro (this page)	$3.8 million
Belize	$3.5 million
Algeria	$3.3 million

Other countries in Europe and Eurasia

All of Europe and Eurasia

Questions and answers

How much foreign aid does the US give Montenegro?: $3.8 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $6.9 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $117.9 million.
How much US aid does Montenegro get per person?: About $6.02 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 623,129.
How much USAID funding goes to Montenegro?: USAID managed $20,048 of the FY2025 total (0.5%). The Department of State managed the most ($3.4 million).
What is US aid to Montenegro spent on?: In FY2025, by sector: Program Support $3.1 million (83.3%); Peace and Security $500,000 (13.3%); Education and Social Services $363,239 (9.7%).
Has US aid to Montenegro gone up or down?: FY2025: $3.8 million; FY2024: $13.0 million (down 71.2%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2022 ($38.0 million).
Does the US give military aid to Montenegro?: In FY2025, $500,000 (13.3%) of obligations for Montenegro was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.

Sources and notes

ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State), complete dataset (us_foreign_aid_complete.csv), version of 02 Sep 2026, retrieved 2026-10-06. Obligations and disbursements in current (nominal) US dollars by U.S. fiscal year (October to September), FY2015–FY2026; FY2026 is incomplete. Public domain.
Population: World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.TOTL (updated 2026-07-13), CC BY 4.0.
Per-person figures divide the fiscal-year obligations by the World Bank population for the same calendar year.
How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.