People using safely managed sanitation services in Morocco
Morocco: People using safely managed sanitation services was 8.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People using safely managed sanitation services in Morocco, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2024, people using safely managed sanitation services in Morocco stood at 8.4%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using safely managed sanitation services in Morocco peaked at 11.2% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 8.4%, in 2024.
That places Morocco 144th out of 146 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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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More health data for Morocco
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 334,088 (2025)
- Population, male 50.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 12.62 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 9.68 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 315,409 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 329,894 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 316,627 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 332,006 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 317,440 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 338,030 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using safely managed sanitation services in Morocco?
- People using safely managed sanitation services in Morocco was 8.4% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 11.2% in 2003.
- What is the lowest people using safely managed sanitation services recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4% in 2024.
- How does Morocco rank for people using safely managed sanitation services?
- Morocco ranks 144th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using safely managed sanitation services 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 (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.