Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Montenegro
Montenegro: Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural was 0.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Montenegro, 2006–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Montenegro recorded 0.0% for proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 64.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Montenegro peaked at 0.2% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2024.
Montenegro ranks 136th of 249 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.2% | — |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | -48.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -1.1% |
Montenegro compared with similar countries
- Montenegro's 0.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2%, 24% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Montenegro changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -48.4% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
More infrastructure data for Montenegro
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.42 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 221.69 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 192,212 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 30.1 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.3083 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.9814 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 192,212 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 2.27 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Montenegro?
- Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural in Montenegro was 0.0% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2006.
- What is the lowest proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- How does Montenegro rank for proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural?
- Montenegro ranks 136th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Montenegro data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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