People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 (lowest) by country
Countries reporting
95
Highest
92.3%
Namibia
Lowest
0.0%
Egypt
Median
19.0%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,672
What the numbers show
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 92.3% in Namibia; the lowest is 0.0% in Egypt.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.0%, and the mean is 29.0%.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 100.0%).
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namibia | 92.3% | 2017 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 2 | Benin | 91.7% | 2017 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 3 | Mauritania | 90.3% | 2017 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 4 | Chad | 88.4% | 2017 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 5 | Niger | 86.4% | 2017 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 6 | Togo | 83.6% | 2017 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 7 | India | 81.8% | 2017 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 8 | Sao Tome and Principe | 80.3% | 2017 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 9 | Cambodia | 77.7% | 2017 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 10 | Angola | 75.1% | 2017 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 74.8% | 2017 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 12 | Madagascar | 69.9% | 2017 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 13 | Liberia | 69.1% | 2017 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 14 | Lesotho | 68.7% | 2017 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 67.5% | 2016 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 16 | Somalia | 67.2% | 2017 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 65.5% | 2017 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 18 | Laos | 65.5% | 2017 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 19 | Pakistan | 63.4% | 2017 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 20 | Yemen | 58.8% | 2017 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 21 | Cote d'Ivoire | 58.4% | 2017 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 22 | Haiti | 53.9% | 2017 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 23 | Sudan | 53.8% | 2017 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 53.0% | 2017 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 25 | Ghana | 52.7% | 2017 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 26 | Mozambique | 50.1% | 2017 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 27 | Bolivia | 49.1% | 2017 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 28 | Nigeria | 47.5% | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 29 | Ethiopia | 45.5% | 2017 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 30 | Senegal | 43.6% | 2017 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 31 | Kenya | 43.0% | 2017 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 40.4% | 2017 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 33 | Congo | 33.4% | 2017 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 34 | Eswatini | 32.4% | 2017 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 35 | Zambia | 31.7% | 2017 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 36 | Honduras | 31.5% | 2017 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 37 | Cameroon | 31.1% | 2017 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 38 | Mali | 30.4% | 2017 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 39 | Nicaragua | 29.1% | 2017 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 40 | Guinea | 28.2% | 2017 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 41 | Indonesia | 28.0% | 2017 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 42 | Tanzania | 27.5% | 2017 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 43 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 26.9% | 2017 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 44 | Suriname | 25.0% | 2017 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 45 | Colombia | 21.9% | 2017 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 46 | Uganda | 20.7% | 2017 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 47 | Guatemala | 20.1% | 2017 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 48 | Vietnam | 19.0% | 2017 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 49 | Afghanistan | 18.4% | 2017 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 50 | Philippines | 18.2% | 2017 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 51 | Peru | 18.1% | 2017 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 52 | Nepal | 16.5% | 2017 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 53 | Malawi | 14.5% | 2017 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 54 | Mongolia | 13.9% | 2017 | down 71.1% | falling |
| 55 | Panama | 10.3% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | El Salvador | 9.4% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 8.7% | 2017 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 58 | Burundi | 6.9% | 2017 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 59 | South Africa | 6.6% | 2017 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 60 | Tunisia | 6.6% | 2017 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Gabon | 6.0% | 2017 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 62 | Algeria | 5.8% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Rwanda | 5.7% | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 4.8% | 2017 | down 76.5% | falling |
| 65 | Gambia | 4.6% | 2017 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 66 | Mexico | 4.5% | 2017 | down 66.0% | falling |
| 67 | Belize | 4.0% | 2017 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 3.3% | 2017 | up 120.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Guyana | 2.8% | 2017 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 70 | Uruguay | 2.8% | 2017 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Jamaica | 2.7% | 2017 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 72 | Iraq | 2.6% | 2017 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 73 | Barbados | 1.6% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Saint Lucia | 1.2% | 2017 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Thailand | 0.7% | 2017 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 76 | Moldova | 0.5% | 2017 | up 135.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Comoros | 0.5% | 2017 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 78 | Serbia | 0.5% | 2017 | up 89.8% | rising |
| 79 | Paraguay | 0.5% | 2017 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 80 | Maldives | 0.4% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.4% | 2017 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 0.2% | 2017 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 83 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2017 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2017 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 0.1% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2017 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 87 | Albania | 0.0% | 2017 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 88 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |