Early-demographic dividend vs Lesotho: People practicing open defecation, urban
Early-demographic dividend
0.5%
in 2024
Lesotho
3.7%
in 2024
Early-demographic dividend rank
21st
Lesotho rank
23rd
People practicing open defecation, urban over time
- Early-demographic dividend
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 3.7% against 0.5% in Early-demographic dividend, a difference of 3.2%.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 7.9 times Early-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Early-demographic dividend ahead.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 21st and Lesotho ranks 23rd of 47 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, Early-demographic dividend averaged higher in 1 and Lesotho in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Early-demographic dividend | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.3% | 7.8% | 1.5% | Early-demographic dividend |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 5.7% | 1.0% | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 4.1% | 2.9% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher people practicing open defecation, urban, Early-demographic dividend or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 3.7% against 0.5% in Early-demographic dividend as of 2024.
- What is the difference in people practicing open defecation, urban between Early-demographic dividend and Lesotho?
- 3.2%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Early-demographic dividend and Lesotho?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Early-demographic dividend and Lesotho rank globally for people practicing open defecation, urban?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 21st and Lesotho ranks 23rd 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, urban (% of urban 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.