Montenegro: environment

What share of Montenegro's energy is renewable?

Renewable sources provided 39.8% of Montenegro's gross final energy consumption in 2025, a provisional figure, down slightly from 40.8% in 2024, according to Eurostat.

Renewables supplied 63.1% of electricity in 2025 (provisional), down from 66.6% in 2024, and 68.3% of heating and cooling in 2024. The 2025 figures may be revised. In electricity, Montenegro produced 1,828.0 GWh from primary production and 570.6 GWh from transformation in 2025, while importing 5,865.7 GWh and exporting 4,833.8 GWh, according to Monstat.

Official sources: Eurostat: renewable energy share, Montenegro · Monstat: balance of electricity 2025

How much electricity does Montenegro use?

Final electricity consumption in Montenegro was 2,908.7 GWh in 2025, according to the Statistical Office of Montenegro (Monstat). Households used 55.8%, commercial and public services 38.8% and industry 4.5%.

Distribution losses were 463.8 GWh and the energy sector itself used 58.0 GWh. Electricity was also Montenegro's largest single export product in the first eight months of 2026, at EUR 73.6 million, according to Monstat trade figures.

Official sources: Monstat: balance of electricity 2025 · Monstat: external trade in goods, January-August 2026

How much water is lost in Montenegro's water supply?

Montenegro's public water systems lost 76.0 million cubic metres of water in 2025, 6.5% less than in 2024, according to the Statistical Office of Montenegro (Monstat). Water abstracted was 169.8 million cubic metres and water distributed 84.3 million.

Losses were therefore close to half of the water abstracted. Most water (88.9%) came from groundwater and springs. The public network was 5,430 km long, and the amount of treated wastewater rose 3.4% in 2025.

Official sources: Monstat: public water supply and water protection 2025

What share of Montenegro's energy comes from renewables?

In 2021, the renewable share of final energy use in Montenegro was 39.6%, according to the IEA, IRENA, the UN Statistics Division, the World Bank and the WHO. The peak was 49.3% in 2013 and the low 37.8% in 2017. Across Europe & Central Asia the middle value was 20.4%, and Montenegro placed 8th highest of 50. Worldwide: 61st of 191.

What is Montenegro's forest cover?

The latest figure from the FAO, for 2024, is 61.5%. It is the top of the series, which starts in 2006. Europe & Central Asia median: 33.2%; Montenegro is 4th highest of 51. Of 190 countries with 2024 data, 28th highest.

What is PM2.5 air pollution in Montenegro?

18.5 micrograms per cubic metre: that is average exposure to fine particle air pollution (PM2.5) in Montenegro for 2023, according to the Global Burden of Disease study. It is the bottom of the series, which starts in 2005. Europe & Central Asia median: 13.0 micrograms per cubic metre; Montenegro is 14th highest of 51. Of 192 countries with 2023 data, 96th highest.

What share of Montenegro is protected land?

The UN Environment Programme puts the share of land in protected areas in Montenegro at 22.2% in 2025. That is the highest since at least 2013. Across Europe & Central Asia the middle value was 22.1%, and Montenegro placed 25th highest of 51. Worldwide: 68th of 192.