- Nearly two-thirds (63%) of Mozambicans report going without enough clean water for domestic use at least once during the past year (Figure 1).
- Rural residents are 12 percentage points more likely than urbanites to say they went without enough clean water on one or more occasions (44% vs. 32%).
- Fewer than one in 20 citizens (4%) say their main source of water is inside the house. A solid majority (63%) say their main source of water is outside the compound, while about half as many (33%) say it is inside the compound (Figure 2).
- Only 6% of respondents report having a toilet or latrine inside the house. About seven in 10 citizens (71%) say their toilet is located inside their compound, while 20% say their toilet is outside their compound (Figure 3).
- Rural dwellers are more likely than urbanites to have a toilet outside their compound (22% vs. 16%) and less likely to have it inside the house (2% vs. 11%).
- More than six in 10 Mozambicans (63%) say the government is performing “fairly badly” or “very badly” on providing water and sanitation services (Figure 4).
- Negative assessments are especially common among the poor (76% of those experiencing high lived poverty) and citizens with no formal education (75%).
A significant majority of Mozambicans say their government is performing badly on providing water and sanitation services, the latest Afrobarometer survey reveals. The share of critics rises to three-fourths among uneducated adults and poor respondents.
More than six in 10 citizens report going without enough clean water for home use at least once during the past year.
Only tiny minorities report having a toilet or their main source of water inside their house, with rural residents especially likely to report having to access water outside their compound.
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