Government debt during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the government debt changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#	Prime minister	In office	Total	Per year
1	Milo Đukanović	20 May 2018 – 4 Dec 2020	+41.5 pp 2017 → 2020	+13.8 pp/yr
2	Milo Đukanović	29 Feb 2008 – 29 Dec 2010	+13.8 pp 2007 → 2010	+4.6 pp/yr
3	Milo Đukanović	4 Dec 2012 – 28 Nov 2016	+11.1 pp 2012 → 2016	+2.8 pp/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of GDP · IMF World Economic Outlook, general government gross debt (GGXWDG_NGDP), calendar years from 2002, the years of actual figures only (the latest an estimate) · Montenegro data · as of Sep 2026.