People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q1 (lowest) by country
Countries reporting
96
Highest
95.3%
Namibia
Lowest
0.0%
Saint Lucia
Median
24.1%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663
What the numbers show
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 96 countries. The highest value is 95.3% in Namibia; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Lucia.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.1%, and the mean is 32.2%.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 379.1%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 100.0%).
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q1: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namibia | 95.3% | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 2 | Mauritania | 94.7% | 2017 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 3 | Benin | 93.5% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Chad | 91.4% | 2017 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 5 | Niger | 87.3% | 2017 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 6 | India | 86.6% | 2017 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 7 | Togo | 85.3% | 2017 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 8 | Angola | 83.6% | 2017 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 80.2% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 79.1% | 2017 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 11 | Cambodia | 79.0% | 2017 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 12 | Somalia | 72.4% | 2017 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 13 | Lesotho | 71.0% | 2017 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 71.0% | 2017 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 15 | Madagascar | 70.7% | 2017 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 69.1% | 2016 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 17 | Liberia | 68.5% | 2017 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 67.6% | 2017 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.5% | 2017 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 20 | Yemen | 63.3% | 2017 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 61.9% | 2017 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 60.0% | 2017 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 23 | Pakistan | 59.9% | 2017 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 24 | Haiti | 58.9% | 2017 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 25 | Colombia | 58.2% | 2017 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 26 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 57.5% | 2017 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 27 | Sudan | 55.1% | 2017 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 28 | Suriname | 54.3% | 2017 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 29 | Kenya | 53.4% | 2017 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 30 | Mozambique | 51.8% | 2017 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 31 | Nigeria | 51.7% | 2017 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 32 | Congo | 48.4% | 2017 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 33 | Senegal | 48.1% | 2017 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 46.5% | 2017 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 35 | Nicaragua | 43.8% | 2017 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 42.3% | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 37 | Zambia | 37.7% | 2017 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 38 | Eswatini | 37.0% | 2017 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 39 | Cameroon | 36.7% | 2017 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 40 | Mongolia | 36.4% | 2017 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 41 | Indonesia | 34.1% | 2017 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 42 | Honduras | 33.5% | 2017 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 43 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 31.2% | 2017 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 44 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 29.9% | 2017 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 45 | Guinea | 29.8% | 2017 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 46 | Mali | 28.2% | 2017 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 47 | Panama | 27.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Uganda | 24.1% | 2017 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 49 | Viet Nam | 24.0% | 2017 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 50 | Guatemala | 22.7% | 2017 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 51 | Peru | 22.4% | 2017 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 52 | Philippines | 22.3% | 2017 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 53 | Afghanistan | 18.9% | 2017 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 54 | Tunisia | 17.5% | 2017 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 55 | El Salvador | 15.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 14.9% | 2017 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 57 | Malawi | 14.8% | 2017 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 58 | Nepal | 14.1% | 2017 | down 77.5% | falling |
| 59 | Algeria | 13.1% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | South Africa | 9.6% | 2017 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 61 | Gabon | 9.0% | 2017 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 62 | Mexico | 8.5% | 2017 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 63 | Gambia | 7.7% | 2017 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 64 | Burundi | 7.4% | 2017 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 65 | Belize | 6.3% | 2017 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 66 | Rwanda | 6.2% | 2017 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 5.4% | 2017 | up 88.1% | rising |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 5.3% | 2017 | down 76.2% | falling |
| 69 | Guyana | 3.8% | 2017 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 70 | Iraq | 2.9% | 2017 | down 82.9% | falling |
| 71 | Barbados | 2.4% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Jamaica | 2.1% | 2017 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 73 | Paraguay | 1.6% | 2017 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 74 | Serbia | 1.1% | 2017 | up 379.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Republic of Moldova | 0.8% | 2017 | up 135.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Maldives | 0.7% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 77 | Comoros | 0.6% | 2017 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 78 | Thailand | 0.5% | 2017 | down 81.1% | falling |
| 79 | Uruguay | 0.5% | 2017 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Jordan | 0.2% | 2017 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2017 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 0.1% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2017 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 85 | Albania | 0.0% | 2017 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 86 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2017 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Palestine, State of | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Türkiye | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |