People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q4 by country

Countries reporting
77
Highest
86.6%
Chad
Lowest
0.0%
Palestine
Median
6.7%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663

What the numbers show

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q4 is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 86.6% in Chad; the lowest is 0.0% in Palestine.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.7%, and the mean is 17.6%.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 139.0%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 100.0%).

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q4: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chad 86.6% 2017 up 17.1% rising
2 Niger 76.2% 2017 down 17.7% falling
3 Togo 73.5% 2017 down 2.6% flat
4 Namibia 72.1% 2017 down 5.9% falling
5 Benin 71.9% 2017 down 9.5% falling
6 Burkina Faso 61.4% 2017 down 20.6% falling
7 Mauritania 57.9% 2017 up 8.5% rising
8 Liberia 52.5% 2017 down 21.7% falling
9 Sao Tome and Principe 49.1% 2017 down 25.2% falling
10 Angola 48.4% 2017 down 14.3% falling
11 Madagascar 44.7% 2017 up 0.8% flat
12 Cote d'Ivoire 41.9% 2017 up 9.6% rising
13 India 37.4% 2017 down 43.7% falling
14 Nigeria 34.8% 2017 up 9.0% rising
15 Central African Republic 31.6% 2016 up 8.1% rising
16 Sudan 31.1% 2017 down 29.0% falling
17 Mozambique 29.4% 2017 down 43.6% falling
18 Bolivia 29.2% 2017 down 38.6% falling
19 Somalia 28.2% 2017 down 65.6% falling
20 Nepal 28.2% 2017 down 50.0% falling
21 Zimbabwe 26.7% 2017 up 13.6% rising
22 Sierra Leone 23.3% 2017 up 14.3% rising
23 Cambodia 23.3% 2017 down 65.5% falling
24 Haiti 23.2% 2017 down 37.8% falling
25 Yemen 22.3% 2017 up 94.1% rising
26 Ethiopia 21.5% 2017 down 63.9% falling
27 Zambia 21.2% 2017 down 29.0% falling
28 Mongolia 19.5% 2017 up 30.2% rising
29 Ghana 16.8% 2017 down 25.5% falling
30 Laos 15.7% 2017 down 69.4% falling
31 Democratic Republic of Congo 15.1% 2017 up 16.2% rising
32 Lesotho 14.9% 2017 down 46.8% falling
33 Peru 13.3% 2017 down 53.2% falling
34 Guinea 12.9% 2017 down 50.5% falling
35 Congo 12.9% 2017 down 10.7% falling
36 Honduras 10.1% 2017 down 25.7% falling
37 Afghanistan 9.2% 2017 down 60.5% falling
38 Nicaragua 7.9% 2017 down 35.0% falling
39 Senegal 6.7% 2017 down 68.6% falling
40 Indonesia 6.0% 2017 down 71.9% falling
41 Tanzania 6.0% 2017 down 44.9% falling
42 Guinea-Bissau 4.8% 2017 down 86.5% volatile
43 Malawi 4.4% 2017 down 50.7% falling
44 Cameroon 4.1% 2017 up 6.9% rising
45 South Africa 4.0% 2017 up 80.2% rising
46 Kenya 3.6% 2017 down 55.4% falling
47 Gabon 3.4% 2017 up 9.3% rising
48 Guatemala 3.2% 2017 down 49.4% falling
49 Pakistan 2.6% 2017 down 89.5% volatile
50 El Salvador 1.6% 2017 unchanged flat
51 Mali 1.6% 2017 down 90.5% volatile
52 Dominican Republic 1.2% 2017 down 8.3% falling
53 Colombia 1.1% 2017 down 80.9% falling
54 Panama 1.0% 2017 unchanged flat
55 Comoros 0.8% 2017 up 101.0% volatile
56 Algeria 0.7% 2017 unchanged flat
57 Burundi 0.6% 2017 down 55.5% falling
58 Uganda 0.5% 2017 down 87.7% volatile
59 Philippines 0.5% 2017 down 85.2% volatile
60 Rwanda 0.3% 2017 down 80.7% falling
61 Turkmenistan 0.3% 2017 down 38.4% falling
62 Suriname 0.2% 2017 down 82.6% volatile
63 Paraguay 0.2% 2017 up 139.0% volatile
64 Gambia 0.1% 2017 down 91.1% volatile
65 Eswatini 0.1% 2017 down 99.1% volatile
66 Belize 0.1% 2017 unchanged flat
67 Thailand 0.1% 2017 down 69.2% falling
68 Tajikistan 0.0% 2017 down 93.8% volatile
69 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2017 up 27.0% rising
70 Bangladesh 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
70 Tunisia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
70 Mexico 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
70 Egypt 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
70 Vietnam 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
70 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
70 Iraq 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
70 Palestine 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile

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People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q4
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,663 data points, 2000–2017
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