Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Montenegro
Montenegro: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 99.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Montenegro, 2006–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Montenegro is 99.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Montenegro peaked at 99.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 98.3%, in 2006.
That places Montenegro 75th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 98.5% | 98.3% | 98.7% | 4 |
| 2010s | 99.3% | 98.8% | 99.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 5 |
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- 72 British Virgin Islands 99.9% compare
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More environment data for Montenegro
- Aquaculture production 1,555 metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 854.06 metric tons (2024)
- Total fisheries production 2,409 metric tons (2024)
- Cooling Degree Days 653.3 (2024)
- Heating Degree Days 5,114 (2024)
- Arable land use per person 0.0145 hectares per person (2023)
- Forest area 827,000 hectares (2025)
- Share of global forest area 0.0% (2025)
- Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index 0.5429 (2023)
- Annual change in forest area 0 hectares (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Montenegro?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Montenegro was 99.8% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.3% in 2006.
- How does Montenegro rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Montenegro ranks 75th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Montenegro data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.