Basic drinking water access in Montenegro

99.3% of people in Montenegro used at least basic drinking water services in 2024.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Montenegro, 2024 99.3% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 99.3%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 74th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Montenegro over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period MontenegroWorld
2024 99.3% 91.5%
2023 99.3% 91.2%
2022 99.3% 90.9%
2021 99.3% 90.4%
2020 99.3% 90.0%
2019 99.1% 89.6%
2018 98.9% 89.3%
2017 98.2% 88.9%
2016 98.0% 88.5%
2015 97.7% 88.1%
2014 97.4% 87.7%
2013 97.2% 87.3%
2012 96.9% 86.9%
2011 96.6% 86.5%
2010 96.3% 86.1%
2009 96.0% 85.7%
2008 95.7% 85.2%
2007 95.5% 84.8%
2006 95.2% 84.3%
2005 – 83.9%
2004 – 82.6%
2003 – 82.1%
2002 – 81.6%
2001 – 80.9%
2000 – 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 99.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 97.4%, the figure has changed by +1.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Montenegro has the 74th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.BASW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2006 to 2024 for Montenegro
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene