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