Municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals in Ecuador
Ecuador: Municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals was 13.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals in Ecuador, 2000–2022
Source: AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, FAO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of total freshwater withdrawal.
Analysis
In 2022, municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals in Ecuador stood at 13.0%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals in Ecuador peaked at 13.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 2000.
Ecuador ranks 124th of 180 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % of total freshwater withdrawal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.7% | — |
| 2001 | 10.4% | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 11.1% | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 11.7% | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 12.4% | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 13.0% | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.0% | 9.7% | 13.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.0% | 13.0% | 13.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.0% | 13.0% | 13.0% | 3 |
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More environment data for Ecuador
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3767 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.4 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.49 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 13.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0149 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -9.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals in Ecuador?
- Municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals in Ecuador was 13.0% in 2022, according to AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, FAO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 13.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 2000.
- How does Ecuador rank for municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals?
- Ecuador ranks 124th out of 180 countries with data for 2022.
- Is municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, FAO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Municipal (domestic) water withdrawals as a percentage of total water withdrawals (which is the sum of water used for agriculture, industry, and municipal purposes).