Ecuador
Capital: Quito · Upper middle income · Pop. 18.1 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Ecuador, 69.89% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 5.5 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 49.29% use safely managed sanitation services and 91.2% have at least a basic service (2024).
Ecuador has about 24,821 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 2% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 81% of Ecuador's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Ecuador have safe drinking water?
69.89% of Ecuador's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 5.5 million people do not.
Does Ecuador have enough freshwater?
Ecuador has roughly 24,821 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 2% of it annually (low stress).