Haiti vs Lower middle income: People practicing open defecation, urban
Haiti
8.1%
in 2023
Lower middle income
1.6%
in 2024
Haiti rank
12th
Lower middle income rank
14th
People practicing open defecation, urban over time
- Haiti
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Haiti currently reports 8.1% against 1.6% in Lower middle income, a difference of 6.5%.
That makes Haiti's figure about 5.1 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Haiti ranks 12th and Lower middle income ranks 14th of 182 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 2 and Lower middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Haiti | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.8% | 12.8% | 3.1% | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 8.6% | 6.8% | 1.8% | Haiti |
| 2020s | 8.1% | 2.7% | 5.4% | Haiti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher people practicing open defecation, urban, Haiti or Lower middle income?
- Haiti, at 8.1% against 1.6% in Lower middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in people practicing open defecation, urban between Haiti and Lower middle income?
- 6.5%, with Haiti ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Lower middle income?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do Haiti and Lower middle income rank globally for people practicing open defecation, urban?
- Haiti ranks 12th and Lower middle income ranks 14th 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.