Safely managed sanitation in Montenegro

50.9% of people in Montenegro used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Montenegro, 2024 50.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.1percentage points 2023: 49.8%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 82nd of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period MontenegroWorld
2024 50.9% 58.5%
2023 49.8% 57.8%
2022 48.6% 57.0%
2021 47.6% 56.1%
2020 46.5% 55.2%
2019 45.6% 54.2%
2018 44.7% 52.8%
2017 43.5% 51.3%
2016 42.4% 49.9%
2015 41.1% 48.4%
2014 39.9% 46.9%
2013 38.7% 45.5%
2012 37.5% 44.1%
2011 36.2% 42.8%
2010 34.9% 41.5%
2009 33.7% 40.2%
2008 32.4% 38.9%
2007 31.0% 37.6%
2006 29.7% 36.3%
2005 – 35.1%
2004 – 34.0%
2003 – 32.8%
2002 – 31.7%
2001 – 31.7%
2000 – 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from 49.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 39.9%, the figure has changed by +10.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Montenegro has the 82nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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.STA.SMSS.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