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