Drinking water services in rural areas in Mozambique
Mozambique: Drinking water services in rural areas was 2.66 million people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Drinking water services in rural areas 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 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for drinking water services in rural areas in Mozambique is 2.66 million people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in rural areas in Mozambique peaked at 2.99 million people in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2.66 million people, in 2024.
Mozambique ranks 11th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.99 million people | 2.97 million people | 2.99 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.90 million people | 2.82 million people | 2.95 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.73 million people | 2.66 million people | 2.80 million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
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 services in rural areas in Mozambique?
- Drinking water services in rural areas in Mozambique was 2.66 million people 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 services in rural areas recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 2.99 million people in 2003.
- What is the lowest drinking water services in rural areas recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.66 million people in 2024.
- How does Mozambique rank for drinking water services in rural areas?
- Mozambique ranks 11th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services in rural areas rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 services in rural areas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.