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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |