People not using safely managed drinking water sources in Mozambique
Mozambique: People not using safely managed drinking water sources was 25.09 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People not using safely managed 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 safely managed drinking water sources in Mozambique stood at 25.09 million people. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using safely managed drinking water sources in Mozambique peaked at 25.09 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 16.51 million people, in 2000.
Mozambique ranks 15th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.94 million people | 16.51 million people | 19.31 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.44 million people | 19.66 million people | 23.23 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.37 million people | 23.62 million people | 25.09 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 safely managed drinking water sources in Mozambique?
- People not using safely managed drinking water sources in Mozambique was 25.09 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 safely managed drinking water sources recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 25.09 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people not using safely managed drinking water sources recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.51 million people in 2000.
- How does Mozambique rank for people not using safely managed drinking water sources?
- Mozambique ranks 15th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using safely managed drinking water sources rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. 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 People not using safely managed drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
People not using safely managed drinking water sources either use unimproved drinking water sources or the improved sources they use are not located on their premises, not available when needed, or not free of contamination.