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People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 (highest) by country

Countries reporting
71
Highest
28.9%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Honduras
Median
0.0%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,672

What the numbers show

People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 28.9% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Honduras.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 1.4%.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 252.9%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 100.0%).

People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 28.9% 2017 up 13.5% rising
2 Madagascar 15.6% 2017 up 126.4% volatile
3 Chad 11.3% 2017 down 40.6% falling
4 Sao Tome and Principe 8.4% 2017 down 63.9% falling
5 Benin 5.9% 2017 down 33.5% falling
6 Nigeria 3.9% 2017 down 30.7% falling
7 Togo 2.6% 2017 down 69.5% falling
8 Ethiopia 2.4% 2017 down 90.0% volatile
9 Yemen 2.4% 2017 up 107.2% rising
10 Liberia 2.4% 2017 down 81.7% falling
11 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.7% 2017 up 24.1% rising
12 Sierra Leone 1.4% 2017 down 36.1% falling
13 India 1.1% 2017 down 80.5% falling
14 Ghana 1.0% 2017 down 59.1% falling
15 Lesotho 0.9% 2017 down 72.9% falling
16 Afghanistan 0.9% 2017 down 54.6% falling
17 Central African Republic 0.8% 2016 down 67.6% falling
18 Mozambique 0.8% 2017 down 78.2% falling
19 Haiti 0.6% 2017 down 61.3% falling
20 Indonesia 0.6% 2017 down 76.2% falling
21 Côte d'Ivoire 0.6% 2017 down 34.7% falling
22 Malawi 0.5% 2017 down 53.7% falling
23 Congo 0.4% 2017 down 56.4% falling
24 Zimbabwe 0.4% 2017 up 252.9% volatile
25 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4% 2017 down 66.6% falling
26 Nicaragua 0.4% 2017 down 6.0% falling
27 Zambia 0.3% 2017 up 29.0% rising
28 Eswatini 0.2% 2017 down 52.7% falling
29 Burundi 0.2% 2017 down 60.2% falling
30 Guatemala 0.2% 2017 up 16.5% rising
31 Namibia 0.2% 2017 down 41.8% falling
32 Sudan 0.1% 2017 down 90.8% volatile
33 Mali 0.1% 2017 down 86.0% volatile
34 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2017 up 168.5% volatile
35 Peru 0.1% 2017 down 5.8% falling
36 Kenya 0.0% 2017 down 90.4% volatile
37 Gabon 0.0% 2017 down 60.8% falling
38 Mongolia 0.0% 2017 down 70.8% falling
39 Somalia 0.0% 2017 down 91.0% falling
40 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2017 down 94.3% volatile
41 Mauritania 0.0% 2017 down 98.3% volatile
42 El Salvador 0.0% 2017 unchanged flat
43 Algeria 0.0% 2017 unchanged flat
44 Türkiye 0.0% 2017 unchanged flat
45 Egypt 0.0% 2017 up 241.2% volatile
46 Colombia 0.0% 2017 down 77.0% falling
47 Pakistan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Tunisia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Tajikistan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Bangladesh 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Uganda 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Ukraine 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Viet Nam 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Angola 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Cameroon 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Senegal 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Rwanda 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Philippines 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Nepal 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Comoros 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Mexico 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Georgia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Cambodia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Iraq 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Guinea 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Gambia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
47 Honduras 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 (highest)
Unit
highest
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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