Ecuador vs Sri Lanka: Drinking water services in rural areas

Ecuador

344,032 people

in 2024

Sri Lanka

455,386 people

in 2024

Ecuador rank

46th

Sri Lanka rank

43rd

Drinking water services in rural areas over time

Sri Lanka currently reports 455,386 people against 344,032 people in Ecuador, a difference of 111,354 people.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.3 times Ecuador's.

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

Ecuador ranks 46th and Sri Lanka ranks 43rd of 178 countries.

Indicator: Drinking water services in rural areas
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: 178 places, 4,232 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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