Slum population in Montenegro

8.8% of the urban population of Montenegro lived in slums in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Urban population living in slums Unit: % of urban population Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Montenegro, 2022 8.8% % of urban population
Change from 2020 0percentage points 2020: 8.8%
World, 2022 23.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2022 98th of 181 See the full ranking

Slum population in Montenegro over time

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

Urban population living in slums (% of urban population), 2000 to 2022
Period MontenegroWorld
2022 8.8% 23.2%
2020 8.8% –
2018 10.0% 19.7%
2016 11.2% –
2014 12.4% –
2012 13.6% –
2010 14.9% –
2008 16.1% –
2006 17.3% –
2004 18.5% –
2002 19.1% –
2000 19.1% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 8.8% in 2020, a change of 0 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 19.1%, the figure has changed by −10.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Montenegro has the 98th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 23.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UN-Habitat, Urban Indicators Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EN.POP.SLUM.UR.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2022 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: UN-Habitat, Urban Indicators Database