Equatorial Guinea vs Upper middle income: People practicing open defecation, urban
Equatorial Guinea
2.5%
in 2017
Upper middle income
0.2%
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
29th
Upper middle income rank
27th
People practicing open defecation, urban over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 2.5% against 0.2% in Upper middle income, a difference of 2.3%.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 15.1 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 18 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 29th and Upper middle income ranks 27th of 182 countries.
Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.2% | 1.9% | 4.3% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 2.9% | 1.0% | 1.8% | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher people practicing open defecation, urban, Equatorial Guinea or Upper middle income?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 2.5% against 0.2% in Upper middle income as of 2017.
- What is the difference in people practicing open defecation, urban between Equatorial Guinea and Upper middle income?
- 2.3%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Upper middle income?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2017.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Upper middle income rank globally for people practicing open defecation, urban?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 29th and Upper middle income ranks 27th 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
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.