People not using improved drinking water sources in Mozambique
Mozambique: People not using improved drinking water sources was 8.56 million people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People not using improved drinking water sources 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
In 2024, people not using improved drinking water sources in Mozambique stood at 8.56 million people. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and down 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Mozambique peaked at 12.79 million people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8.56 million people, in 2024.
That places Mozambique 11th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 12.48 million people | 12.02 million people | 12.79 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.14 million people | 10.20 million people | 11.89 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.27 million people | 8.56 million people | 9.92 million people | 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 people not using improved drinking water sources in Mozambique?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Mozambique was 8.56 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 12.79 million people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.56 million people in 2024.
- How does Mozambique rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Mozambique ranks 11th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. 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 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.