Drinking water service usage in Mozambique
Mozambique: Drinking water service usage was 27.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Drinking water service usage in Mozambique, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, drinking water service usage in Mozambique stood at 27.5%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 56.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water service usage in Mozambique peaked at 27.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 2000.
That places Mozambique 145th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.8% | 8.9% | 13.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.2% | 14.5% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.4% | 23.3% | 27.5% | 5 |
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More environment data for Mozambique
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 33.63 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.9709 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.93 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.69 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 11.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0215 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 18.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0037 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0232 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water service usage in Mozambique?
- Drinking water service usage in Mozambique was 27.5% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest drinking water service usage recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 27.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest drinking water service usage recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 2000.
- How does Mozambique rank for drinking water service usage?
- Mozambique ranks 145th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water service usage rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Drinking water service usage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people using an improved drinking water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.