Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Ecuador
Ecuador: Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities was 86.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
86.6%
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
75th
of 88 countries
All-time high
86.6%
in 2023
All-time low
80.0%
in 2016
Years of data
8
2016–2023
Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Ecuador, 2016–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Ecuador stood at 86.6%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Ecuador ranks 75th of 88 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 81.8% | 80.0% | 83.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 85.9% | 84.8% | 86.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 72 Costa Rica 95.7% compare
- 73 India 93.8% compare
- 74 Ukraine 90.3% compare
- 76 Micronesia (country) 86.1% compare
- 77 Philippines 85.2% compare
- 78 Togo 83.7% compare
More education data for Ecuador
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 77,432 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.81 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Ecuador?
- Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities in Ecuador was 86.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 86.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.0% in 2016.
- How does Ecuador rank for share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities?
- Ecuador ranks 75th out of 88 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of schools with access to basic handwashing facilities. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of schools with basic handwashing facilities, by education level (%)