Basic sanitation access in Mozambique

38.6% of people in Mozambique used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mozambique, 2024 38.6% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.3percentage points 2023: 37.3%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 171st of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation 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 sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period MozambiqueWorld
2024 38.6% 82.2%
2023 37.3% 81.5%
2022 35.9% 80.4%
2021 34.6% 79.4%
2020 33.3% 78.3%
2019 32.1% 77.2%
2018 30.8% 76.0%
2017 29.5% 74.9%
2016 28.3% 73.8%
2015 27.1% 72.6%
2014 25.9% 71.4%
2013 24.7% 70.2%
2012 23.5% 68.9%
2011 22.3% 67.8%
2010 21.1% 66.7%
2009 20.0% 65.5%
2008 18.8% 64.3%
2007 17.7% 63.1%
2006 16.7% 61.9%
2005 15.7% 60.7%
2004 14.7% 59.6%
2003 13.7% 58.4%
2002 12.7% 57.3%
2001 11.7% 55.6%
2000 10.7% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 37.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 25.9%, the figure has changed by +12.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Mozambique has the 171st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

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.STA.BASS.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