Mozambique
Capital: Maputo · Low income · Pop. 34.6 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Mozambique, 27.54% 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 25.1 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 33.94% use safely managed sanitation services and 38.59% have at least a basic service (2024).
Mozambique has about 3,071 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 73% of Mozambique's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Mozambique have safe drinking water?
27.54% of Mozambique's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 25.1 million people do not.
Does Mozambique have enough freshwater?
Mozambique has roughly 3,071 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 1% of it annually (low stress).