Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Mozambique
Mozambique: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 67 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Mozambique, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 67 % for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and up 45.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Mozambique peaked at 67 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 23 %, in 2000.
That places Mozambique 182nd out of 201 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 | 29.7 % | 23 % | 37 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.3 % | 39 % | 56 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.2 % | 58 % | 67 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More environment data for Mozambique
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 2.01 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 173.74 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,300 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 45.1 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 80.37 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 35,464 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.87 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 381.92 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 18.76 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 8,280 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Mozambique?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Mozambique was 67 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 67 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 23 % in 2000.
- How does Mozambique rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Mozambique ranks 182nd out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.