Ecuador - Access to safely managed sanitation services

People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population)

People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) in Ecuador was 60.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 60.27 in 2020, while its lowest value was 41.83 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

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

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Year Value
2000 41.83
2001 42.67
2002 43.52
2003 44.37
2004 45.22
2005 46.14
2006 47.06
2007 47.99
2008 48.91
2009 49.85
2010 50.78
2011 51.72
2012 52.66
2013 53.60
2014 54.54
2015 55.49
2016 56.44
2017 57.39
2018 58.35
2019 59.31
2020 60.27

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population)

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Ecuador was 31.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 38.69 in 2000, while its lowest value was 31.22 in 2020.

Definition: The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

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

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Year Value
2000 38.69
2001 38.25
2002 37.81
2003 37.37
2004 36.93
2005 36.66
2006 36.38
2007 36.10
2008 35.82
2009 35.53
2010 35.24
2011 34.94
2012 34.64
2013 34.34
2014 34.03
2015 33.72
2016 33.40
2017 32.92
2018 32.35
2019 31.79
2020 31.22

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Ecuador was 41.63 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 41.81 in 2017, while its lowest value was 39.94 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

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

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Year Value
2000 39.94
2001 39.98
2002 40.03
2003 40.08
2004 40.12
2005 40.29
2006 40.45
2007 40.61
2008 40.76
2009 40.90
2010 41.04
2011 41.17
2012 41.31
2013 41.44
2014 41.57
2015 41.69
2016 41.80
2017 41.81
2018 41.75
2019 41.70
2020 41.63

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention