
Transport and infrastructure in Montenegro
Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Montenegro with the average of all countries in Europe. Overall, the main traffic and transport routes are well developed and in comparatively good condition.In terms of the length of its rail network, Montenegro ranks 40th in the world with 0.40 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 250 kilometers long. Freight traffic on the rails most recently totaled 130.33 million tons and kilometers traveled. Passenger traffic reached 27.80 million passenger-kilometers in 2020.
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Road traffic
The network of roads and highways has a total length of 7,762 km. For each of the country's 619,211 inhabitants, this corresponds to 12.54 meters. This puts Montenegro in 43rd place in the global ranking. However, it is also important to note that the country's population density is very low at around 45 inhabitants per km². In this case, disproportionately long distances generally have to be covered to reach the more remote parts of the country.With an average of 60 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Montenegro is considered relatively safe. This corresponds to 9.7 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 worldwide.

Montenegro | |||
total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
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Roadways | 7,800 km | 12,535.31 km | 562.06 m |
Railroads | 300 km | 403.74 km | 18.10 m |
Waterways | 0 km | 0.00 km | 0.00 m |
Commercial harbors | 17 | 27.45 | 0.001 |
Airports | 2 | 3.23 | 0.145 |
Europe | |||
total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
---|---|---|---|
Roadways | 6,708,900 km | 11,154.38 km | 1,111.71 m |
Railroads | 258,600 km | 429.97 km | 42.85 m |
Waterways | 54,800 km | 91.17 km | 9.09 m |
Commercial harbors | 15,273 | 25.39 | 0.003 |
Airports | 573 | 0.95 | 0.000 |
Data sources used
• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)