Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Morocco
Morocco: Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population was 99.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population 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 %.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 99.9% for using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Morocco peaked at 99.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 94.9%, in 2000.
Morocco ranks 78th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.9% | 94.9% | 96.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.9% | 97.0% | 98.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.4% | 99.0% | 99.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 75 Latvia 99.9% compare
- 76 Turkmenistan 99.9% compare
- 77 North Macedonia 99.9% compare
- 79 Bhutan 99.8% compare
- 81 Syria 99.8% compare
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 using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Morocco?
- Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population in Morocco was 99.9% 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 water sources: urban vs. rural population recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.9% in 2000.
- How does Morocco rank for using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population?
- Morocco ranks 78th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Using improved water sources: urban vs. rural population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.