Lower middle income vs Nigeria: People practicing open defecation
Lower middle income
7.3%
in 2024
Nigeria
18.0%
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
14th
Nigeria rank
16th
People practicing open defecation over time
- Lower middle income
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 18.0% against 7.3% in Lower middle income, a difference of 10.7%.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 2.4 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 14th and Nigeria ranks 16th of 47 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.2% | 23.3% | 17.9% | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 23.0% | 20.6% | 2.4% | Lower middle income |
| 2020s | 10.5% | 18.5% | 8.0% | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher people practicing open defecation, Lower middle income or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 18.0% against 7.3% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in people practicing open defecation between Lower middle income and Nigeria?
- 10.7%, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Nigeria?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Lower middle income and Nigeria rank globally for people practicing open defecation?
- Lower middle income ranks 14th and Nigeria ranks 16th of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as People practicing open defecation (% of population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
People practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste.