People practicing open defecation in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: People practicing open defecation was 7.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation in Lower middle income, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 7.3% for people practicing open defecation in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.1% on the previous year and down 69.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation in Lower middle income peaked at 49.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 2024.
That places Lower middle income 14th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People practicing open defecation in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 49.6% | — |
| 2001 | 47.8% | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 45.9% | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 44.1% | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 42.2% | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 40.3% | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 38.4% | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 36.5% | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 34.7% | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 32.8% | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 31.0% | -5.6% |
| 2011 | 29.2% | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 27.4% | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 25.6% | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 23.8% | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 22.1% | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 20.4% | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 18.6% | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 17.0% | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 15.3% | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 13.6% | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 12.0% | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 10.5% | -12.4% |
| 2023 | 8.8% | -16.8% |
| 2024 | 7.3% | -16.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.2% | 32.8% | 49.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.0% | 15.3% | 31.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.5% | 7.3% | 13.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
- 11 Togo 32.2% compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 29.9% compare
- 13 Madagascar 27.0% compare
- 14 Angola 25.7% compare
- 15 Central African Republic 24.7% compare
- 16 Nigeria 18.0% compare
- 17 Ghana 17.8% compare
More health data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1516 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.3166 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.295 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate 0.0357 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1434 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 0.1036 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation in Lower middle income?
- People practicing open defecation in Lower middle income was 7.3% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people practicing open defecation recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 49.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 2024.
- How does Lower middle income rank for people practicing open defecation?
- Lower middle income ranks 14th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower middle income data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People practicing open defecation (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
People practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste.