People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q4 by country

Countries reporting
80
Highest
73.4%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Pakistan
Median
0.5%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,672

What the numbers show

People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q4 is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 73.4% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Pakistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 6.3%.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 530.3%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 100.0%).

People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q4: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 73.4% 2017 down 14.7% falling
2 Chad 68.8% 2017 up 6.7% rising
3 Burkina Faso 41.5% 2017 down 29.9% falling
4 Madagascar 40.7% 2017 up 10.3% rising
5 Benin 32.5% 2017 down 32.5% falling
6 Sao Tome and Principe 21.4% 2017 down 57.6% falling
7 Togo 18.9% 2017 down 42.0% falling
8 Afghanistan 18.8% 2017 up 28.3% rising
9 Nigeria 18.0% 2017 up 2.2% flat
10 Ethiopia 16.4% 2017 down 71.3% falling
11 Namibia 12.1% 2017 down 37.5% falling
12 India 11.8% 2017 down 63.7% falling
13 Sudan 10.6% 2017 down 25.0% falling
14 Sierra Leone 9.4% 2017 down 10.7% falling
15 Yemen 9.0% 2017 up 530.3% volatile
16 Cambodia 9.0% 2017 down 83.1% volatile
17 Mauritania 8.4% 2017 down 28.0% falling
18 Zimbabwe 8.0% 2017 up 86.3% rising
19 Mozambique 7.9% 2017 down 75.4% falling
20 Nepal 7.6% 2017 down 81.7% falling
21 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.9% 2017 down 6.7% falling
22 Central African Republic 6.4% 2016 down 55.3% falling
23 Haiti 6.2% 2017 down 45.7% falling
24 Liberia 5.7% 2017 down 83.8% falling
25 Ghana 5.1% 2017 down 34.5% falling
26 Lesotho 4.6% 2017 down 66.5% falling
27 Zambia 4.1% 2017 down 24.1% falling
28 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.4% 2017 down 89.2% volatile
29 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.0% 2017 down 46.0% falling
30 Indonesia 2.9% 2017 down 73.2% falling
31 Côte d'Ivoire 2.4% 2017 down 60.6% falling
32 Malawi 1.9% 2017 down 73.5% falling
33 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.8% 2017 down 79.2% falling
34 Gabon 1.8% 2017 up 41.2% rising
35 Nicaragua 1.7% 2017 up 7.7% rising
36 Guatemala 1.4% 2017 down 14.9% falling
37 Kenya 0.8% 2017 down 75.7% falling
38 Congo 0.6% 2017 down 70.3% falling
39 Peru 0.5% 2017 down 62.1% falling
40 Burundi 0.5% 2017 down 62.9% falling
41 Guinea 0.4% 2017 down 91.7% volatile
42 Comoros 0.4% 2017 up 37.9% rising
43 South Africa 0.3% 2017 up 250.0% volatile
44 Senegal 0.2% 2017 down 85.3% volatile
45 Philippines 0.2% 2017 down 74.7% falling
46 Somalia 0.1% 2017 down 99.2% volatile
47 El Salvador 0.1% 2017 unchanged flat
48 Panama 0.1% 2017 unchanged flat
49 Algeria 0.1% 2017 unchanged flat
50 Uganda 0.1% 2017 down 97.8% volatile
51 Rwanda 0.0% 2017 down 97.5% volatile
52 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2017 down 87.8% volatile
53 Paraguay 0.0% 2017 up 460.0% volatile
54 Thailand 0.0% 2017 down 65.6% falling
55 Cameroon 0.0% 2017 down 97.4% volatile
56 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2017 up 27.1% rising
57 Viet Nam 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Eswatini 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Bangladesh 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Türkiye 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Tajikistan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Angola 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Georgia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Gambia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Guyana 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Honduras 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Egypt 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Iraq 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Jamaica 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Mexico 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Mali 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Montenegro 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Mongolia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Colombia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
57 Pakistan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q4
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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