Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Mozambique

Access to basic sanitation in Mozambique in 2024 — 38.6%. Ranked 171 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 27.9 pp.

2024 38.6% +1.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 171of 193
Period maximum 38.6%2024
Period minimum 10.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Mozambique, 2000–20240102030402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 10.7%2001: 11.7%2002: 12.7%2003: 13.7%2004: 14.7%2005: 15.7%2006: 16.7%2007: 17.7%2008: 18.8%2009: 20%2010: 21.1%2011: 22.3%2012: 23.5%2013: 24.7%2014: 25.9%2015: 27.1%2016: 28.3%2017: 29.5%2018: 30.8%2019: 32.1%2020: 33.3%2021: 34.6%2022: 35.9%2023: 37.3%2024: 38.6%
Change over the period: +27.9 pp Annual average: 1.16 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mozambique

Mozambique 38.6%
World 82.2%
Eastern Africa computed 29.7%
Low-income countries computed 33.1%
Access to basic sanitation — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 38.6 +1.3 pp
2023 37.3 +1.3 pp
2022 35.9 +1.3 pp
2021 34.6 +1.3 pp
2020 33.3 +1.3 pp
2019 32.1 +1.3 pp
2018 30.8 +1.3 pp
2017 29.5 +1.2 pp
2016 28.3 +1.2 pp
2015 27.1 +1.2 pp
2014 25.9 +1.2 pp
2013 24.7 +1.2 pp
2012 23.5 +1.2 pp
2011 22.3 +1.2 pp
2010 21.1 +1.2 pp
2009 20 +1.1 pp
2008 18.8 +1.1 pp
2007 17.7 +1 pp
2006 16.7 +1 pp
2005 15.7 +1 pp
2004 14.7 +1 pp
2003 13.7 +1 pp
2002 12.7 +1 pp
2001 11.7 +1 pp
2000 10.7

About the indicator

The share of the population using improved sanitation facilities not shared with other households: sewerage, septic tanks, improved pit latrines. Alongside access to clean water this is the basic condition for reducing child mortality from intestinal infections.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.