People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2 by country

Countries reporting
89
Highest
87.0%
Chad
Lowest
0.0%
Iraq
Median
7.3%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,672

What the numbers show

People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2 is currently reported for 89 countries. The highest value is 87.0% in Chad; the lowest is 0.0% in Iraq.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.3%, and the mean is 19.9%.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 713.7%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).

People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chad 87.0% 2017 up 0.2% flat
2 Namibia 82.1% 2017 down 4.5% falling
3 Benin 81.9% 2017 down 6.8% falling
4 Niger 80.1% 2017 down 15.3% falling
5 Togo 79.9% 2017 down 3.5% falling
6 Mauritania 69.7% 2017 up 3.7% rising
7 Burkina Faso 69.0% 2017 down 18.4% falling
8 Sao Tome and Principe 65.1% 2017 down 17.7% falling
9 Madagascar 60.0% 2017 down 14.8% falling
10 Cambodia 59.8% 2017 down 30.7% falling
11 India 59.6% 2017 down 26.1% falling
12 Liberia 59.0% 2017 down 15.8% falling
13 Angola 51.0% 2017 up 0.0% flat
14 Lesotho 48.4% 2017 down 10.5% falling
15 Sudan 47.5% 2017 down 8.9% falling
16 Zimbabwe 45.5% 2017 down 1.8% flat
17 Côte d'Ivoire 45.3% 2017 down 3.9% falling
18 Mozambique 42.9% 2017 down 30.5% falling
19 Lao People's Democratic Republic 42.3% 2017 down 34.1% falling
20 Haiti 37.8% 2017 down 27.2% falling
21 Central African Republic 37.4% 2016 down 11.6% falling
22 Nigeria 35.3% 2017 down 3.7% falling
23 Ethiopia 35.2% 2017 down 48.0% falling
24 Somalia 33.7% 2017 down 59.9% falling
25 Yemen 31.7% 2017 up 1.4% flat
26 Sierra Leone 30.3% 2017 up 4.2% rising
27 Pakistan 26.4% 2017 down 42.2% falling
28 Nepal 24.6% 2017 down 62.0% falling
29 Ghana 24.2% 2017 down 22.9% falling
30 Zambia 23.1% 2017 down 34.1% falling
31 Senegal 22.4% 2017 down 31.6% falling
32 Guinea-Bissau 20.1% 2017 down 52.0% falling
33 Guinea 19.4% 2017 down 49.8% falling
34 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 18.9% 2017 up 20.9% rising
35 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 17.0% 2017 down 59.5% falling
36 Honduras 15.0% 2017 down 39.4% falling
37 Afghanistan 14.9% 2017 down 44.7% falling
38 Tanzania, United Republic of 12.5% 2017 down 41.0% falling
39 Indonesia 12.3% 2017 down 53.6% falling
40 Eswatini 11.6% 2017 down 56.0% falling
41 Guatemala 10.3% 2017 down 25.0% falling
42 Mali 10.2% 2017 down 52.3% falling
43 Nicaragua 9.2% 2017 down 34.3% falling
44 Malawi 7.4% 2017 down 56.4% falling
45 Kenya 7.3% 2017 down 48.1% falling
46 Cameroon 6.6% 2017 down 14.2% falling
47 Peru 6.3% 2017 down 73.3% falling
48 Congo 6.0% 2017 down 50.1% falling
49 Philippines 4.7% 2017 down 53.8% falling
50 Uganda 2.7% 2017 down 81.5% falling
51 Dominican Republic 2.5% 2017 down 16.5% falling
52 Gabon 2.5% 2017 down 6.5% falling
53 South Africa 2.4% 2017 down 22.3% falling
54 Rwanda 1.9% 2017 down 35.6% falling
55 Burundi 1.9% 2017 down 18.0% falling
56 El Salvador 1.6% 2017 unchanged flat
57 Suriname 1.1% 2017 down 36.7% falling
58 Mexico 1.1% 2017 down 50.1% falling
59 Belize 0.9% 2017 up 46.1% rising
60 Bangladesh 0.9% 2017 down 92.6% volatile
61 Comoros 0.4% 2017 up 6.4% rising
62 Panama 0.3% 2017 unchanged flat
63 Algeria 0.3% 2017 unchanged flat
64 North Macedonia 0.3% 2017 up 600.0% volatile
65 Thailand 0.3% 2017 down 19.5% falling
66 Paraguay 0.3% 2017 up 148.7% volatile
67 Colombia 0.1% 2017 down 96.6% volatile
68 Tajikistan 0.1% 2017 down 65.9% falling
69 Albania 0.0% 2017 volatile
70 Uruguay 0.0% 2017 up 200.0% volatile
71 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2017 up 713.7% volatile
72 Türkiye 0.0% 2017 down 85.2% volatile
73 Guyana 0.0% 2017 down 92.7% volatile
74 Ukraine 0.0% 2017 up 15.5% rising
75 Jordan 0.0% 2017 down 47.8% falling
76 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
76 Viet Nam 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
76 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
76 Mongolia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
76 Tunisia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
76 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
76 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
76 Egypt 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
76 Georgia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
76 Gambia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
76 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
76 Jamaica 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
76 Iraq 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2
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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