Pakistan vs Peru: People practicing open defecation, urban

Pakistan
0.5%
in 2024
Peru
0.5%
in 2024
Pakistan rank
64th
Peru rank
63rd

People practicing open defecation, urban over time

  • Pakistan
  • Peru
02468200020122024

How they compare

Peru currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Pakistan, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Pakistan's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Peru has been ahead every year.

Pakistan ranks 64th and Peru ranks 63rd of 182 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Pakistan Peru Difference Ahead
2000s 3.2% 6.0% 2.8% Peru
2010s 1.8% 3.2% 1.3% Peru
2020s 0.8% 1.1% 0.3% Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher people practicing open defecation, urban, Pakistan or Peru?
Peru, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Pakistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in people practicing open defecation, urban between Pakistan and Peru?
0.0%, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Pakistan and Peru?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Pakistan and Peru rank globally for people practicing open defecation, urban?
Pakistan ranks 64th and Peru ranks 63rd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Pakistan vs Peru: People practicing open defecation, urban. Statizoid, drawing on WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/people-practicing-open-defecation-urban-percent-of-urban-population/pakistan/peru/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/people-practicing-open-defecation-urban-percent-of-urban-population/pakistan/peru/">Pakistan vs Peru: People practicing open defecation, urban</a> — Statizoid

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.