Safely managed drinking water in Ecuador

69.9% of people in Ecuador used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ecuador, 2024 69.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.2percentage points 2023: 69.7%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 87th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Ecuador over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period EcuadorWorld
2024 69.9% 73.7%
2023 69.7% 72.0%
2022 69.5% 71.5%
2021 69.2% 71.0%
2020 68.9% 70.5%
2019 68.6% 69.9%
2018 68.2% 69.4%
2017 67.8% 68.8%
2016 67.5% 68.2%
2015 67.1% 67.7%
2014 66.8% 67.1%
2013 66.4% 66.5%
2012 66.1% 65.9%
2011 65.7% 65.3%
2010 65.4% 64.8%
2009 65.0% 64.3%
2008 64.6% 63.8%
2007 64.3% 63.4%
2006 63.9% 63.1%
2005 63.5% 62.8%
2004 63.1% 62.5%
2003 62.8% 62.1%
2002 62.4% 61.8%
2001 62.0% 61.5%
2000 61.6% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 69.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 66.8%, the figure has changed by +3.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Ecuador has the 87th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Ecuador
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene