Safely managed drinking water in Montenegro

85.5% of people in Montenegro used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Montenegro, 2024 85.5% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 85.5%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 69th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water 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 safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period MontenegroWorld
2024 85.5% 73.7%
2023 85.5% 72.0%
2022 85.5% 71.5%
2021 85.4% 71.0%
2020 85.4% 70.5%
2019 85.3% 69.9%
2018 85.3% 69.4%
2017 85.2% 68.8%
2016 85.1% 68.2%
2015 85.0% 67.7%
2014 84.9% 67.1%
2013 84.7% 66.5%
2012 84.6% 65.9%
2011 84.5% 65.3%
2010 84.4% 64.8%
2009 84.3% 64.3%
2008 84.1% 63.8%
2007 84.0% 63.4%
2006 83.9% 63.1%
2005 – 62.8%
2004 – 62.5%
2003 – 62.1%
2002 – 61.8%
2001 – 61.5%
2000 – 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 85.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 84.9%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Montenegro has the 69th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

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.SMDW.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