Safely managed sanitation in Mozambique

33.9% of people in Mozambique used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mozambique, 2024 33.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.2percentage points 2023: 32.7%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 102nd of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period MozambiqueWorld
2024 33.9% 58.5%
2023 32.7% 57.8%
2022 31.5% 57.0%
2021 30.3% 56.1%
2020 29.1% 55.2%
2019 28.0% 54.2%
2018 26.8% 52.8%
2017 25.7% 51.3%
2016 24.6% 49.9%
2015 23.4% 48.4%
2014 22.4% 46.9%
2013 21.3% 45.5%
2012 20.3% 44.1%
2011 19.2% 42.8%
2010 18.2% 41.5%
2009 17.2% 40.2%
2008 16.2% 38.9%
2007 15.2% 37.6%
2006 14.3% 36.3%
2005 13.4% 35.1%
2004 12.5% 34.0%
2003 11.6% 32.8%
2002 10.7% 31.7%
2001 9.9% 31.7%
2000 9.0% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from 32.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 22.4%, the figure has changed by +11.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Mozambique has the 102nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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.STA.SMSS.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