Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Mozambique
Mozambique: Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal was 13.22 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2022. ▲ Rising
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Mozambique, 1990–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 13.22 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal for water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in 2022. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Mozambique peaked at 13.22 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4.27 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal, in 1992.
Mozambique ranks 118th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.96 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal | 4.27 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal | 6.13 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.34 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal | 5.98 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal | 8.57 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.74 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal | 8.87 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal | 12.52 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.75 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal | 12.37 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal | 13.22 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 115 El Salvador 14.11 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
- 116 Uruguay 13.73 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
- 117 Dominican Republic 13.69 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
- 119 Tanzania 12.96 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
- 120 Jamaica 12.64 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
- 121 Burundi 12.54 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal compare
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 water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Mozambique?
- Water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal in Mozambique was 13.22 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 13.22 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 2022.
- What is the lowest water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.27 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in 1992.
- How does Mozambique rank for water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal?
- Mozambique ranks 118th out of 179 countries with data for 2022.
- Is water productivity, gdp per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.5%. 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 (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 33 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Water productivity is calculated as total gross domestic product (GDP), measured in constant 2015 US$ divided by annual total water withdrawal.