Ecuador vs Malawi: Drinking water services

Ecuador

344,032 people

in 2024

Malawi

353,212 people

in 2024

Ecuador rank

51st

Malawi rank

49th

Drinking water services over time

Malawi currently reports 353,212 people against 344,032 people in Ecuador, a difference of 9,180 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 51st and Malawi ranks 49th of 231 countries.

Indicator: Drinking water services
Unit: people
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 231 places, 5,429 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.