People practicing open defecation, rural in Congo
Congo: People practicing open defecation, rural was 23.0% in 2021. ▲ Rising
People practicing open defecation, rural in Congo, 2000–2021
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people practicing open defecation, rural in Congo is 23.0%, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation, rural in Congo peaked at 23.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 16.0%, in 2000.
Congo ranks 27th of 171 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
People practicing open defecation, rural in Congo, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.0% | — |
| 2001 | 16.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16.4% | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 16.8% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 17.3% | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 17.7% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 18.2% | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 18.6% | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 19.0% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 19.5% | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 19.9% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 20.4% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 20.8% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 21.2% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 21.7% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 22.1% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 22.6% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 23.0% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.5% | 16.0% | 19.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.8% | 19.9% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 24 Sierra Leone 24.8% compare
- 25 Sudan 24.1% compare
- 26 Mozambique 23.5% compare
- 28 Ethiopia 20.4% compare
- 29 Lesotho 19.7% compare
- 30 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 18.8% compare
More health data for Congo
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.4813 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9705 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 759.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2,688 deaths (2100)
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 11 (2025)
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Diphtheria - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2023)
- Diphtheria - number of reported cases, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
- Measles - number of reported cases, gaps filled 519 (2025)
- Measles - number of reported cases, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, rural in Congo?
- People practicing open defecation, rural in Congo was 23.0% in 2021, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people practicing open defecation, rural recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 23.0% in 2017.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, rural recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.0% in 2000.
- How does Congo rank for people practicing open defecation, rural?
- Congo ranks 27th out of 171 countries with data for 2021.
- Is people practicing open defecation, rural rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
People practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste.