Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Mozambique
Mozambique: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 75.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita 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
Mozambique recorded 75.3% for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 33.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Mozambique peaked at 75.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.4%, in 2000.
That places Mozambique 222nd out of 231 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 | 37.7% | 29.4% | 46.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.1% | 48.3% | 65.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.5% | 67.8% | 75.3% | 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 using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Mozambique?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Mozambique was 75.3% 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 using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 75.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.4% in 2000.
- How does Mozambique rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Mozambique ranks 222nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.9%. 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 Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.