Cuba vs Tajikistan: People practicing open defecation, rural
Cuba
0.5%
in 2024
Tajikistan
0.6%
in 2023
Cuba rank
84th
Tajikistan rank
83rd
People practicing open defecation, rural over time
- Cuba
- Tajikistan
How they compare
Tajikistan currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Cuba, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Tajikistan's figure about 1.2 times Cuba's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 84th and Tajikistan ranks 83rd of 171 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 2 and Tajikistan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Tajikistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.6% | 0.9% | 2.6% | Cuba |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 0.7% | 1.0% | Cuba |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Tajikistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher people practicing open defecation, rural, Cuba or Tajikistan?
- Tajikistan, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Cuba as of 2023.
- What is the difference in people practicing open defecation, rural between Cuba and Tajikistan?
- 0.1%, with Tajikistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Tajikistan?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do Cuba and Tajikistan rank globally for people practicing open defecation, rural?
- Cuba ranks 84th and Tajikistan ranks 83rd of 171 countries.
- 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, rural (% of rural 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.