Safely managed drinking water in Mozambique

27.5% of people in Mozambique used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mozambique, 2024 27.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.1percentage points 2023: 26.4%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 130th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water 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 safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period MozambiqueWorld
2024 27.5% 73.7%
2023 26.4% 72.0%
2022 25.4% 71.5%
2021 24.3% 71.0%
2020 23.3% 70.5%
2019 22.3% 69.9%
2018 21.3% 69.4%
2017 20.3% 68.8%
2016 19.4% 68.2%
2015 18.5% 67.7%
2014 17.7% 67.1%
2013 16.8% 66.5%
2012 16.0% 65.9%
2011 15.3% 65.3%
2010 14.5% 64.8%
2009 13.8% 64.3%
2008 12.9% 63.8%
2007 12.1% 63.4%
2006 11.4% 63.1%
2005 10.8% 62.8%
2004 10.2% 62.5%
2003 9.7% 62.1%
2002 9.4% 61.8%
2001 9.0% 61.5%
2000 8.9% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from 26.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 17.7%, the figure has changed by +9.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Mozambique has the 130th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

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.SMDW.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