People practicing open: Q5 (highest) … Q5 highest rural in Yemen
Yemen: People practicing open: Q5 (highest) … Q5 highest rural was 16.2% in 2017. ◆ Volatile
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5 in Yemen, 2000–2017
Source: World Bank. Measured in highest.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 16.2% for people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 339.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 in Yemen peaked at 16.2% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
Yemen ranks 14th of 97 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Yemen, year by year
| Year | highest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 0.0% | — |
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2004 | 0.0% | — |
| 2005 | 0.6% | — |
| 2006 | 2.1% | +279.8% |
| 2007 | 3.7% | +73.7% |
| 2008 | 5.3% | +42.4% |
| 2009 | 6.8% | +29.8% |
| 2010 | 8.4% | +22.9% |
| 2011 | 10.0% | +18.7% |
| 2012 | 11.5% | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 13.1% | +13.6% |
| 2014 | 14.6% | +12.0% |
| 2015 | 16.2% | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 16.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 16.2% | +0.0% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 16.2% is above the median for low income countries, which is 10.2%, 1.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People practicing open: Q5 (highest) … Q5 highest rural in Yemen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +279.8% | 0.6% | 2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.8% | 0.0% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.3% | 8.4% | 16.2% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 11 Nigeria 20.8% compare
- 12 Sao Tome and Principe 20.3% compare
- 13 Madagascar 19.9% compare
- 15 Zimbabwe 14.5% compare
- 16 Central African Republic 14.1% compare
- 17 Sierra Leone 13.6% compare
More health data for Yemen
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.04 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 9,603 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 103 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.88 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0766 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0806 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 in Yemen?
- People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 in Yemen was 16.2% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 16.2% in 2015.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Yemen rank for people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5?
- Yemen ranks 14th out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): q5 rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 339.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Yemen 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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