People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5 (highest) by country
Countries reporting
74
Highest
72.6%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Kazakhstan
Median
1.9%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663
What the numbers show
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 74 countries. The highest value is 72.6% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Kazakhstan.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.9%, and the mean is 9.6%.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 339.4%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 100.0%).
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 72.6% | 2017 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 2 | Chad | 67.1% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 48.3% | 2017 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 4 | Liberia | 47.3% | 2017 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 5 | Benin | 46.3% | 2017 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 6 | Togo | 40.8% | 2017 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 7 | Namibia | 33.8% | 2017 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 32.0% | 2017 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 9 | Angola | 25.6% | 2017 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 10 | Mauritania | 23.0% | 2017 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 11 | Nigeria | 20.8% | 2017 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 12 | Sao Tome and Principe | 20.3% | 2017 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 13 | Madagascar | 19.9% | 2017 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 14 | Yemen | 16.2% | 2017 | up 339.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 14.5% | 2017 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 14.1% | 2016 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 13.6% | 2017 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 13.5% | 2017 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 19 | Zambia | 12.3% | 2017 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 10.9% | 2017 | down 78.9% | falling |
| 21 | India | 10.7% | 2017 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 22 | Sudan | 10.2% | 2017 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 23 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 10.2% | 2017 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 24 | Ghana | 8.5% | 2017 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 8.4% | 2017 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 26 | Cambodia | 8.0% | 2017 | down 70.5% | falling |
| 27 | Somalia | 7.5% | 2017 | down 81.4% | falling |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 7.4% | 2017 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 29 | Mozambique | 6.2% | 2017 | down 82.9% | falling |
| 30 | Haiti | 5.8% | 2017 | down 70.7% | falling |
| 31 | Guinea | 5.1% | 2017 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 32 | Congo | 4.6% | 2017 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 33 | Nicaragua | 4.3% | 2017 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 34 | Nepal | 3.8% | 2017 | down 81.8% | falling |
| 35 | Lesotho | 3.4% | 2017 | down 66.4% | falling |
| 36 | Mongolia | 2.2% | 2017 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 37 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2.2% | 2017 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 38 | Malawi | 1.6% | 2017 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 39 | Gabon | 1.5% | 2017 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 40 | Kenya | 1.1% | 2017 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 41 | Guatemala | 1.1% | 2017 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 42 | South Africa | 1.0% | 2017 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 43 | Cameroon | 1.0% | 2017 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 44 | Indonesia | 0.9% | 2017 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 45 | El Salvador | 0.5% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Burundi | 0.3% | 2017 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 47 | Algeria | 0.3% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Panama | 0.2% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Eswatini | 0.2% | 2017 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Comoros | 0.1% | 2017 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 51 | Paraguay | 0.1% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2017 | down 77.2% | falling |
| 53 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2017 | down 58.4% | falling |
| 54 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Viet Nam | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Philippines | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Pakistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Mali | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |