Lower middle income vs Solomon Islands: People practicing open defecation, urban
Lower middle income
1.6%
in 2024
Solomon Islands
7.7%
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
14th
Solomon Islands rank
14th
People practicing open defecation, urban over time
- Lower middle income
- Solomon Islands
How they compare
Solomon Islands currently reports 7.7% against 1.6% in Lower middle income, a difference of 6.1%.
That makes Solomon Islands's figure about 4.9 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 14th and Solomon Islands ranks 14th of 47 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 1 and Solomon Islands in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Solomon Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.8% | 6.9% | 5.9% | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 7.4% | 0.6% | Solomon Islands |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 7.7% | 5.2% | Solomon Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher people practicing open defecation, urban, Lower middle income or Solomon Islands?
- Solomon Islands, at 7.7% against 1.6% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in people practicing open defecation, urban between Lower middle income and Solomon Islands?
- 6.1%, with Solomon Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Solomon Islands?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Lower middle income and Solomon Islands rank globally for people practicing open defecation, urban?
- Lower middle income ranks 14th and Solomon Islands ranks 14th 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.