People not using improved drinking water sources in Morocco
Morocco: People not using improved drinking water sources was 1.49 million people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People not using improved drinking water sources in Morocco, 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 people not using improved drinking water sources in Morocco is 1.49 million people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 20.0% on the previous year and down 71.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Morocco peaked at 9.86 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.49 million people, in 2024.
That places Morocco 46th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.50 million people | 7.00 million people | 9.86 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.02 million people | 3.36 million people | 6.65 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.24 million people | 1.49 million people | 2.99 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Morocco
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 108.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.86 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 8.32 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.419 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.14 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0098 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 30.97 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0087 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0745 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 22 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people not using improved drinking water sources in Morocco?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Morocco was 1.49 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 people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 9.86 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.49 million people in 2024.
- How does Morocco rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Morocco ranks 46th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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 People not using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.