Kenya vs Rwanda: People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2

Kenya
0.6%
in 2017
Rwanda
0.3%
in 2017
Kenya rank
43rd
Rwanda rank
46th

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2 over time

  • Kenya
  • Rwanda
0.511.522.5200020082017

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.6% against 0.3% in Rwanda, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Kenya's figure about 2.2 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 18 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Rwanda ahead.

Kenya ranks 43rd and Rwanda ranks 46th of 97 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Rwanda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Rwanda Difference Ahead
2000s 1.3% 1.8% 0.4% Rwanda
2010s 0.8% 0.7% 0.1% Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): q2, Kenya or Rwanda?
Kenya, at 0.6% against 0.3% in Rwanda as of 2017.
What is the difference in people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): q2 between Kenya and Rwanda?
0.3%, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Rwanda?
18 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2017.
How do Kenya and Rwanda rank globally for people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): q2?
Kenya ranks 43rd and Rwanda ranks 46th of 97 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Kenya vs Rwanda: People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2. Statizoid. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/people-practicing-open-defecation-urban-percent-of-urban-population-q2/kenya/rwanda/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/people-practicing-open-defecation-urban-percent-of-urban-population-q2/kenya/rwanda/">Kenya vs Rwanda: People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,663 data points, 2000–2017
Last refreshed