AGUACYCLE
Sub-Saharan Africa

Comoros

Capital: Moroni · Lower middle income · Pop. 866,628

Safely managed drinking water
49.36%
Safely managed sanitation
1,439
m³ freshwater / person / yr
1%
Water stress · Low

Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT)

Sanitation tracks closely: 49.36% use safely managed sanitation services and 57.22% have at least a basic service (2024).

Comoros has about 1,439 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 1% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).

Agriculture accounts for about 47% of Comoros's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.

Common questions

How many people in Comoros have safe drinking water?

Comprehensive safely-managed drinking-water data is not available for Comoros; basic-service estimates may exist.

Does Comoros have enough freshwater?

Comoros has roughly 1,439 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 1% of it annually (low stress).

Elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa