Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Morocco
Morocco: Share of population using safely managed sanitation was 8.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Morocco, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of population using safely managed sanitation in Morocco stood at 8.4%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population using safely managed sanitation in Morocco peaked at 11.2% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 8.4%, in 2024.
Morocco ranks 148th of 150 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.9% | 10.6% | 11.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.9% | 9.3% | 10.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.8% | 8.4% | 9.2% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population using safely managed sanitation in Morocco?
- Share of population using safely managed sanitation in Morocco was 8.4% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of population using safely managed sanitation recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 11.2% in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of population using safely managed sanitation recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4% in 2024.
- How does Morocco rank for share of population using safely managed sanitation?
- Morocco ranks 148th out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population using safely managed sanitation rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of population using safely managed sanitation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed in situ or transported and treated off-site.