People using at least basic drinking water services in Ecuador
Ecuador: People using at least basic drinking water services was 92.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using at least basic drinking water services in Ecuador, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 92.1% for people using at least basic drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least basic drinking water services in Ecuador peaked at 92.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 84.8%, in 2000.
Ecuador ranks 148th of 214 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.8% | 84.8% | 88.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.0% | 88.7% | 91.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.8% | 91.5% | 92.1% | 5 |
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- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 159,980 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 158,574 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 165,962 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 159,279 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 165,399 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 158,711 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 148,283 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 145,656 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 151,834 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 12.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic drinking water services in Ecuador?
- People using at least basic drinking water services in Ecuador was 92.1% 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 at least basic drinking water services recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 92.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.8% in 2000.
- How does Ecuador rank for people using at least basic drinking water services?
- Ecuador ranks 148th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador 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 at least basic drinking water services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.