Safely managed sanitation in Ecuador

49.3% of people in Ecuador used safely managed sanitation in 2024.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ecuador, 2024 49.3% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 49.3%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 85th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period EcuadorWorld
2024 49.3% 58.5%
2023 49.3% 57.8%
2022 49.2% 57.0%
2021 49.1% 56.1%
2020 49.0% 55.2%
2019 48.9% 54.2%
2018 48.8% 52.8%
2017 48.3% 51.3%
2016 47.5% 49.9%
2015 47.3% 48.4%
2014 47.1% 46.9%
2013 46.8% 45.5%
2012 46.6% 44.1%
2011 46.4% 42.8%
2010 46.2% 41.5%
2009 45.9% 40.2%
2008 45.7% 38.9%
2007 45.5% 37.6%
2006 45.3% 36.3%
2005 45.0% 35.1%
2004 44.8% 34.0%
2003 44.7% 32.8%
2002 44.6% 31.7%
2001 44.4% 31.7%
2000 44.3% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 49.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 47.1%, the figure has changed by +2.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Ecuador has the 85th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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.STA.SMSS.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