Ecuador vs Lesotho: Sanitation facilities usage

Ecuador

310,092 people

in 2024

Lesotho

345,039 people

in 2024

Ecuador rank

54th

Lesotho rank

52nd

Sanitation facilities usage over time

Lesotho currently reports 345,039 people against 310,092 people in Ecuador, a difference of 34,947 people.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

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

Ecuador ranks 54th and Lesotho ranks 52nd of 232 countries.

Indicator: Sanitation facilities usage
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, 5,488 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Open defecation includes defecating in fields, forests, bushes, bodies of water or other open spaces, not using any sanitation facilities.