People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 in Comoros

Comoros: People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 was 0.5% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.5%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
77th
of 97 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2000
All-time low
0.5%
in 2014
Years of data
18
2000–2017

People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 in Comoros, 2000–2017

00.20.40.60.812000200820172000: 0.973 lowest2001: 0.941 lowest2002: 0.909 lowest2003: 0.877 lowest2004: 0.845 lowest2005: 0.813 lowest2006: 0.78 lowest2007: 0.748 lowest2008: 0.716 lowest2009: 0.684 lowest2010: 0.652 lowest2011: 0.62 lowest2012: 0.588 lowest2013: 0.556 lowest2014: 0.524 lowest2015: 0.524 lowest2016: 0.524 lowest2017: 0.524 lowest

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org). Measured in lowest.

Analysis

In 2017, people practicing open defecation (% of population): q1 in Comoros stood at 0.5%. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.

That represents a change of down 30.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation (% of population): q1 in Comoros peaked at 1.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2014.

Comoros ranks 77th of 97 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.

People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 in Comoros, year by year

Annual values for People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 (lowest) in Comoros, 2000 to 2017.
Year lowest Change
2000 1.0%
2001 0.9% -3.3%
2002 0.9% -3.4%
2003 0.9% -3.5%
2004 0.8% -3.7%
2005 0.8% -3.8%
2006 0.8% -4.0%
2007 0.7% -4.1%
2008 0.7% -4.3%
2009 0.7% -4.5%
2010 0.7% -4.7%
2011 0.6% -4.9%
2012 0.6% -5.2%
2013 0.6% -5.5%
2014 0.5% -5.8%
2015 0.5% +0.0%
2016 0.5% +0.0%
2017 0.5% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% 10
2010s 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 8

Countries ranked near Comoros

  1. 74 Saint Lucia 1.2% compare
  2. 75 Thailand 0.7% compare
  3. 76 Republic of Moldova 0.5% compare
  4. 78 Serbia 0.5% compare
  5. 79 Paraguay 0.5% compare
  6. 80 Maldives 0.4% compare

See the full ranking of 97 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is people practicing open defecation (% of population): q1 in Comoros?
People practicing open defecation (% of population): q1 in Comoros was 0.5% in 2017, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).
What is the highest people practicing open defecation (% of population): q1 recorded in Comoros?
The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2000.
What is the lowest people practicing open defecation (% of population): q1 recorded in Comoros?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2014.
How does Comoros rank for people practicing open defecation (% of population): q1?
Comoros ranks 77th out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
Is people practicing open defecation (% of population): q1 rising or falling in Comoros?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Comoros data come from?
The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), published as part of People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 (lowest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 (lowest)
Unit
lowest
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,672 data points, 2000–2017
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