Morocco
Capital: Rabat · Lower middle income · Pop. 38.1 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Morocco, 79.98% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 7.6 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 8.42% use safely managed sanitation services and 87.78% have at least a basic service (2024).
Morocco has about 777 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 36% of those internal resources annually (medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 88% of Morocco's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Morocco have safe drinking water?
79.98% of Morocco's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 7.6 million people do not.
Does Morocco have enough freshwater?
Morocco has roughly 777 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 36% of it annually (medium stress).