El Salvador vs Kenya: People practicing open defecation, urban

El Salvador
0.8%
in 2024
Kenya
0.8%
in 2024
El Salvador rank
53rd
Kenya rank
54th

People practicing open defecation, urban over time

  • El Salvador
  • Kenya
11.522.53200020122024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.8% against 0.8% in Kenya, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Kenya ahead.

El Salvador ranks 53rd and Kenya ranks 54th of 182 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Kenya Difference Ahead
2000s 1.7% 2.4% 0.7% Kenya
2010s 1.3% 1.6% 0.3% Kenya
2020s 0.9% 0.9% 0.0% Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher people practicing open defecation, urban, El Salvador or Kenya?
El Salvador, at 0.8% against 0.8% in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in people practicing open defecation, urban between El Salvador and Kenya?
0.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Kenya?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Kenya rank globally for people practicing open defecation, urban?
El Salvador ranks 53rd and Kenya ranks 54th of 182 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, 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

Indicator
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)
Unit
% of urban population
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
229 places, 5,626 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

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.