Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Ecuador

Handwashing facilities in Ecuador in 2024 — 91.9%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 91. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 8.1 pp.

2024 91.9% +0.8 pp vs 2023
World rank 23of 91
Period maximum 91.9%2024
Period minimum 83.9%2010

Trend over time

2010–2024 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Ecuador, 2010–202482.58587.59092.5201020122014201620182020202220242010: 83.9%2011: 83.9%2012: 83.9%2013: 83.9%2014: 83.9%2015: 84.7%2016: 85.5%2017: 86.3%2018: 87.1%2019: 87.9%2020: 88.7%2021: 89.5%2022: 90.3%2023: 91.1%2024: 91.9%
Change over the period: +8.1 pp Annual average: 0.58 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ecuador

Ecuador 91.9%
World 78%
Handwashing facilities — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 91.9 +0.8 pp
2023 91.1 +0.8 pp
2022 90.3 +0.8 pp
2021 89.5 +0.8 pp
2020 88.7 +0.8 pp
2019 87.9 +0.8 pp
2018 87.1 +0.8 pp
2017 86.3 +0.8 pp
2016 85.5 +0.8 pp
2015 84.7 +0.8 pp
2014 83.9 +0 pp
2013 83.9 +0 pp
2012 83.9 +0 pp
2011 83.9 +0 pp
2010 83.9

South America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population that has an equipped place for washing hands with water and soap in the dwelling. The indicator looks a small one next to piped water and sewerage, but in its contribution to reducing diarrheal and respiratory disease it is comparable to them, and it costs incomparably less. The COVID-19 pandemic made it visible: it turned out that in the poorest countries of Africa fewer than a quarter of the population have facilities for washing hands.

Important: Not all countries are surveyed: where practically everyone has such facilities, these data are not collected. That is why the aggregate by country group is computed only where coverage is sufficient — averaging the surveyed countries alone would give a picture noticeably worse than the reality.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.