Kiribati vs Lower middle income: People practicing open defecation, rural
Kiribati
49.7%
in 2024
Lower middle income
11.1%
in 2024
Kiribati rank
12th
Lower middle income rank
14th
People practicing open defecation, rural over time
- Kiribati
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 49.7% against 11.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 38.6%.
That makes Kiribati's figure about 4.5 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.
Kiribati ranks 12th and Lower middle income ranks 14th of 171 countries.
Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59.7% | 55.6% | 4.1% | Kiribati |
| 2010s | 54.0% | 32.7% | 21.3% | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 50.1% | 15.7% | 34.4% | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher people practicing open defecation, rural, Kiribati or Lower middle income?
- Kiribati, at 49.7% against 11.1% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in people practicing open defecation, rural between Kiribati and Lower middle income?
- 38.6%, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Lower middle income?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Kiribati and Lower middle income rank globally for people practicing open defecation, rural?
- Kiribati ranks 12th and Lower middle income ranks 14th 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.