People practicing open: Q5 (highest) … Q5 highest rural in Eswatini
Eswatini: People practicing open: Q5 (highest) … Q5 highest rural was 0.2% in 2017. ◆ Volatile
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5 in Eswatini, 2000–2017
Source: World Bank. Measured in highest.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 in Eswatini is 0.2%, measured in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 93.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 in Eswatini peaked at 5.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2016.
Eswatini ranks 49th of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
People practicing open: Q5 (highest) … Q5 highest rural in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | highest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.2% | — |
| 2001 | 4.8% | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 4.5% | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 4.2% | -6.8% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 3.6% | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 3.3% | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 3.0% | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 2.7% | -10.4% |
| 2009 | 2.4% | -11.6% |
| 2010 | 2.1% | -13.1% |
| 2011 | 1.7% | -15.1% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | -17.7% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -21.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -27.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -37.9% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -61.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 0.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.3%, 5% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 0.2% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8.5%, 2% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People practicing open: Q5 (highest) … Q5 highest rural in Eswatini changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -61.1% | 0.5% | 0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.8% | 2.4% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.2% | 2.1% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More health data for Eswatini
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.9 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6228 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 206 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.6874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0553 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.5455 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 in Eswatini?
- People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 in Eswatini was 0.2% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2016.
- How does Eswatini rank for people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5?
- Eswatini ranks 49th out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 93.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5 (highest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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