Ecuador - Access to basic drinking water services

People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population)

People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) in Ecuador was 87.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 87.05 in 2020, while its lowest value was 69.39 in 2000.

Definition: 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.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 69.39
2001 70.18
2002 71.06
2003 71.93
2004 72.81
2005 73.68
2006 74.56
2007 75.44
2008 76.33
2009 77.21
2010 78.10
2011 78.98
2012 79.87
2013 80.77
2014 81.66
2015 82.55
2016 83.45
2017 84.35
2018 85.25
2019 86.15
2020 87.05

People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population)

People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) in Ecuador was 100.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 100.00 in 2020, while its lowest value was 90.81 in 2000.

Definition: 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.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 90.81
2001 91.33
2002 91.88
2003 92.44
2004 92.99
2005 93.55
2006 94.11
2007 94.66
2008 95.22
2009 95.78
2010 96.34
2011 96.89
2012 97.45
2013 98.01
2014 98.57
2015 99.13
2016 99.69
2017 100.00
2018 100.00
2019 100.00
2020 100.00

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) in Ecuador was 95.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 95.36 in 2020, while its lowest value was 82.31 in 2000.

Definition: 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.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 82.31
2001 83.04
2002 83.79
2003 84.50
2004 85.22
2005 85.94
2006 86.66
2007 87.38
2008 88.10
2009 88.81
2010 89.53
2011 90.24
2012 90.95
2013 91.65
2014 92.36
2015 93.06
2016 93.77
2017 94.31
2018 94.66
2019 95.01
2020 95.36

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention