Democratic Republic of Congo vs Ecuador: People using at least basic sanitation facilities

Democratic Republic of Congo

17.82 million people

in 2024

Ecuador

16.54 million people

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

52nd

Ecuador rank

55th

People using at least basic sanitation facilities over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 17.82 million people against 16.54 million people in Ecuador, a difference of 1.28 million people.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 52nd and Ecuador ranks 55th of 232 countries.

Indicator: People using at least basic sanitation facilities
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: 232 places, 5,597 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households.