People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q3 by country
Countries reporting
83
Highest
87.7%
Namibia
Lowest
0.0%
Saint Lucia
Median
12.2%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663
What the numbers show
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q3 is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 87.7% in Namibia; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Lucia.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.2%, and the mean is 21.9%.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 705.6%), and the largest decrease in Vietnam (down 100.0%).
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q3: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namibia | 87.7% | 2017 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | Chad | 85.5% | 2017 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 3 | Niger | 83.9% | 2017 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 4 | Benin | 80.5% | 2017 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 5 | Togo | 79.5% | 2017 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 6 | Mauritania | 75.9% | 2017 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 7 | Sao Tome and Principe | 68.7% | 2017 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 8 | Liberia | 66.3% | 2017 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 65.5% | 2017 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 10 | Angola | 57.4% | 2017 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 11 | India | 56.4% | 2017 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 12 | Madagascar | 54.6% | 2017 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 13 | Cote d'Ivoire | 46.6% | 2017 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 14 | Cambodia | 45.5% | 2017 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 15 | Mozambique | 43.2% | 2017 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 16 | Sudan | 42.7% | 2017 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 17 | Somalia | 40.8% | 2017 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 18 | Bolivia | 40.7% | 2017 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 39.0% | 2017 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 20 | Haiti | 38.2% | 2017 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 21 | Nigeria | 36.4% | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 22 | Nepal | 36.3% | 2017 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 35.8% | 2016 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 24 | Laos | 34.3% | 2017 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 25 | Lesotho | 33.0% | 2017 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 26 | Yemen | 30.3% | 2017 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 29.3% | 2017 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 28 | Sierra Leone | 29.3% | 2017 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 29 | Ghana | 26.9% | 2017 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 30 | Senegal | 24.8% | 2017 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 31 | Congo | 23.4% | 2017 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 32 | Zambia | 23.1% | 2017 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 33 | Guinea | 22.1% | 2017 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 34 | Mongolia | 21.3% | 2017 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 35 | Honduras | 20.8% | 2017 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 20.4% | 2017 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 37 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 16.2% | 2017 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 38 | Peru | 14.5% | 2017 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 13.9% | 2017 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 13.7% | 2017 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 41 | Indonesia | 12.4% | 2017 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 42 | Pakistan | 12.2% | 2017 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 43 | Tanzania | 10.1% | 2017 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 44 | Guatemala | 9.8% | 2017 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 45 | Suriname | 8.3% | 2017 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 46 | Eswatini | 7.2% | 2017 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 47 | Cameroon | 7.0% | 2017 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 48 | Colombia | 5.9% | 2017 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 49 | Kenya | 5.8% | 2017 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 50 | Malawi | 5.5% | 2017 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 51 | Mali | 5.1% | 2017 | down 75.3% | falling |
| 52 | Gabon | 4.9% | 2017 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 4.7% | 2017 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 2.6% | 2017 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 55 | El Salvador | 2.5% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Philippines | 2.4% | 2017 | down 74.8% | falling |
| 57 | Uganda | 2.1% | 2017 | down 75.6% | falling |
| 58 | Burundi | 1.5% | 2017 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 59 | Rwanda | 1.3% | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 60 | Mexico | 1.0% | 2017 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Panama | 0.8% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Algeria | 0.5% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Gambia | 0.3% | 2017 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 0.3% | 2017 | up 600.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Thailand | 0.2% | 2017 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 66 | Comoros | 0.1% | 2017 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 67 | Turkey | 0.1% | 2017 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2017 | up 705.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Belize | 0.0% | 2017 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2017 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 71 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2017 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 72 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 73 | Vietnam | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |