People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q3 by country

Countries reporting
84
Highest
84.3%
Chad
Lowest
0.0%
Bangladesh
Median
1.9%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,672

What the numbers show

People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q3 is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 84.3% in Chad; the lowest is 0.0% in Bangladesh.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.9%, and the mean is 13.5%.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 199.9%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 100.0%).

People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q3: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chad 84.3% 2017 up 10.6% rising
2 Niger 78.7% 2017 down 15.2% falling
3 Benin 66.2% 2017 down 13.7% falling
4 Burkina Faso 63.1% 2017 down 14.1% falling
5 Togo 61.9% 2017 down 9.1% falling
6 Namibia 57.2% 2017 down 12.4% falling
7 Madagascar 55.9% 2017 up 2.9% flat
8 Sao Tome and Principe 50.9% 2017 down 25.5% falling
9 Mauritania 37.6% 2017 down 2.7% flat
10 India 36.5% 2017 down 42.1% falling
11 Cambodia 36.2% 2017 down 53.3% falling
12 Liberia 33.4% 2017 down 39.2% falling
13 Nepal 33.0% 2017 down 43.8% falling
14 Mozambique 30.3% 2017 down 42.4% falling
15 Nigeria 29.8% 2017 down 0.4% flat
16 Sudan 28.3% 2017 down 29.4% falling
17 Côte d'Ivoire 28.1% 2017 up 4.4% rising
18 Zimbabwe 27.5% 2017 up 27.7% rising
19 Ethiopia 25.7% 2017 down 58.9% falling
20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 24.3% 2017 down 44.4% falling
21 Central African Republic 22.3% 2016 down 29.6% falling
22 Lesotho 21.8% 2017 down 28.8% falling
23 Yemen 21.0% 2017 up 91.5% rising
24 Sierra Leone 20.9% 2017 up 6.0% rising
25 Haiti 20.7% 2017 down 39.7% falling
26 Angola 18.2% 2017 down 30.2% falling
27 Zambia 14.7% 2017 down 35.6% falling
28 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13.9% 2017 up 14.0% rising
29 Ghana 11.8% 2017 down 35.0% falling
30 Guinea 10.0% 2017 down 56.1% falling
31 Afghanistan 8.5% 2017 down 63.4% falling
32 Tanzania, United Republic of 7.2% 2017 down 40.3% falling
33 Somalia 6.6% 2017 down 90.5% falling
34 Indonesia 5.9% 2017 down 68.5% falling
35 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.8% 2017 down 77.6% falling
36 Malawi 4.6% 2017 down 62.7% falling
37 Nicaragua 3.8% 2017 down 15.9% falling
38 Guatemala 3.7% 2017 down 28.9% falling
39 Kenya 3.7% 2017 down 54.3% falling
40 Peru 2.6% 2017 down 64.6% falling
41 Eswatini 2.6% 2017 down 81.3% volatile
42 Senegal 2.2% 2017 down 82.7% falling
43 Gabon 1.7% 2017 down 3.1% falling
44 Philippines 1.6% 2017 down 44.0% falling
45 Pakistan 1.6% 2017 down 93.3% volatile
46 Cameroon 1.5% 2017 down 33.8% falling
47 Burundi 1.5% 2017 down 18.9% falling
48 Uganda 1.1% 2017 down 85.1% volatile
49 Mali 1.1% 2017 down 93.9% volatile
50 Rwanda 1.1% 2017 down 9.5% falling
51 South Africa 0.8% 2017 down 12.6% falling
52 Comoros 0.8% 2017 up 87.2% volatile
53 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2017 down 43.9% falling
54 El Salvador 0.4% 2017 unchanged flat
55 Congo 0.4% 2017 down 91.3% volatile
56 Algeria 0.4% 2017 unchanged flat
57 Suriname 0.2% 2017 up 4.1% rising
58 Jamaica 0.1% 2017 down 62.6% volatile
59 Thailand 0.1% 2017 down 46.0% falling
60 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2017 up 9.6% rising
61 Belize 0.0% 2017 down 37.4% falling
62 Uruguay 0.0% 2017 up 199.9% volatile
63 Mexico 0.0% 2017 down 89.4% volatile
64 Paraguay 0.0% 2017 down 52.0% falling
65 Panama 0.0% 2017 unchanged flat
66 Guyana 0.0% 2017 down 89.0% volatile
67 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2017 down 91.4% volatile
68 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Egypt 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Honduras 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Mongolia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Armenia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Viet Nam 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Ukraine 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Colombia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Gambia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Türkiye 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Tunisia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Georgia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Tajikistan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Iraq 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
68 Bangladesh 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q3
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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