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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5 (highest)
Unit
highest
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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