People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q2 by country
Countries reporting
86
Highest
92.6%
Namibia
Lowest
0.0%
Iraq
Median
17.9%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663
What the numbers show
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q2 is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 92.6% in Namibia; the lowest is 0.0% in Iraq.
The median across all reporting countries is 17.9%, and the mean is 26.9%.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 13,601.8%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 100.0%).
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namibia | 92.6% | 2017 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 2 | Benin | 88.6% | 2017 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 3 | Chad | 88.3% | 2017 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 4 | Mauritania | 84.1% | 2017 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 5 | Togo | 83.3% | 2017 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 6 | Niger | 82.4% | 2017 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 73.1% | 2017 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 8 | Liberia | 72.3% | 2017 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 9 | Somalia | 72.3% | 2017 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 10 | Sao Tome and Principe | 72.1% | 2017 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 11 | India | 70.1% | 2017 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 12 | Angola | 68.4% | 2017 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 13 | Cambodia | 65.6% | 2017 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 14 | Madagascar | 61.3% | 2017 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 15 | Bolivia | 57.9% | 2017 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 16 | Lesotho | 56.7% | 2017 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 55.5% | 2017 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 18 | Sudan | 55.1% | 2017 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 19 | Central African Republic | 54.7% | 2016 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 20 | Cote d'Ivoire | 54.1% | 2017 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 21 | Laos | 50.0% | 2017 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 22 | Haiti | 46.6% | 2017 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 23 | Mozambique | 45.7% | 2017 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.4% | 2017 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 25 | Ghana | 39.3% | 2017 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 26 | Yemen | 39.1% | 2017 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 27 | Nigeria | 38.3% | 2017 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 28 | Senegal | 38.1% | 2017 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 37.0% | 2017 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 36.6% | 2017 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 31 | Pakistan | 36.1% | 2017 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 32 | Congo | 32.2% | 2017 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 33 | Guinea | 27.4% | 2017 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 34 | Suriname | 25.2% | 2017 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 35 | Honduras | 24.8% | 2017 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 36 | Zambia | 23.8% | 2017 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 37 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 23.3% | 2017 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 38 | Cameroon | 22.8% | 2017 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 39 | Colombia | 20.6% | 2017 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 40 | Mongolia | 20.6% | 2017 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 41 | Peru | 19.8% | 2017 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 42 | Indonesia | 19.2% | 2017 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 43 | Nepal | 18.0% | 2017 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 17.8% | 2017 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 45 | Eswatini | 17.7% | 2017 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 46 | Tanzania | 16.4% | 2017 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 47 | Afghanistan | 16.2% | 2017 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 48 | Guatemala | 15.9% | 2017 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 49 | Kenya | 13.3% | 2017 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 50 | Mali | 13.3% | 2017 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 51 | El Salvador | 8.6% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Malawi | 7.9% | 2017 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 53 | Philippines | 7.9% | 2017 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 6.5% | 2017 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 55 | Gabon | 5.8% | 2017 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 56 | Panama | 4.3% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | South Africa | 4.2% | 2017 | down 75.6% | falling |
| 58 | Mexico | 2.9% | 2017 | down 82.6% | falling |
| 59 | Vietnam | 2.8% | 2017 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Uganda | 2.6% | 2017 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 2.6% | 2017 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Algeria | 2.5% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Rwanda | 2.4% | 2017 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 2.3% | 2017 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Burundi | 2.2% | 2017 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 66 | Tunisia | 1.7% | 2017 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Gambia | 1.6% | 2017 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Comoros | 0.6% | 2017 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 69 | Jamaica | 0.5% | 2017 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 70 | Paraguay | 0.5% | 2017 | up 13,601.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Belize | 0.4% | 2017 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 72 | Thailand | 0.3% | 2017 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 73 | Guyana | 0.2% | 2017 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 74 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2017 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 75 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2017 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Albania | 0.0% | 2017 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 78 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |