Basic drinking water access in Mozambique

66.6% of people in Mozambique used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mozambique, 2024 66.6% % of population
Change from 2023 +2.1percentage points 2023: 64.5%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 185th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Mozambique over time

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

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period MozambiqueWorld
2024 66.6% 91.5%
2023 64.5% 91.2%
2022 62.4% 90.9%
2021 60.3% 90.4%
2020 58.3% 90.0%
2019 56.3% 89.6%
2018 54.2% 89.3%
2017 52.2% 88.9%
2016 50.3% 88.5%
2015 48.3% 88.1%
2014 46.4% 87.7%
2013 44.5% 87.3%
2012 42.6% 86.9%
2011 40.7% 86.5%
2010 38.9% 86.1%
2009 37.1% 85.7%
2008 35.3% 85.2%
2007 33.5% 84.8%
2006 31.9% 84.3%
2005 30.4% 83.9%
2004 28.9% 82.6%
2003 27.4% 82.1%
2002 25.9% 81.6%
2001 24.4% 80.9%
2000 23.4% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.1 percentage points from 64.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 46.4%, the figure has changed by +20.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Mozambique has the 185th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.BASW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Mozambique
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: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene