People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q1 (lowest) by country
Countries reporting
94
Highest
82.5%
Benin
Lowest
0.0%
North Macedonia
Median
3.7%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663
What the numbers show
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 82.5% in Benin; the lowest is 0.0% in North Macedonia.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.7%, and the mean is 11.3%.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 14,939.3%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 100.0%).
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q1: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benin | 82.5% | 2017 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 75.9% | 2017 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 3 | Namibia | 65.9% | 2017 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 4 | Chad | 58.8% | 2017 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 5 | Liberia | 56.8% | 2017 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 6 | Madagascar | 54.6% | 2017 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 7 | Togo | 38.2% | 2017 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 8 | Niger | 37.5% | 2017 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 9 | Mauritania | 37.0% | 2017 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 10 | India | 35.2% | 2017 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 33.3% | 2017 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 12 | Haiti | 28.3% | 2017 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 13 | Central African Republic | 27.3% | 2016 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 14 | Mozambique | 24.8% | 2017 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 15 | Ghana | 23.6% | 2017 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 23.4% | 2017 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 17 | Nigeria | 22.8% | 2017 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 18 | Nepal | 21.5% | 2017 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 21.3% | 2017 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 20 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 20.0% | 2017 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 21 | Angola | 16.7% | 2017 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 22 | Indonesia | 15.2% | 2017 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 23 | Lesotho | 15.2% | 2017 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 24 | Sudan | 15.0% | 2017 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 25 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 14.1% | 2017 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 26 | Philippines | 11.8% | 2017 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 27 | Saint Lucia | 11.4% | 2017 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 28 | Kenya | 11.3% | 2017 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 29 | Cambodia | 10.2% | 2017 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 9.6% | 2017 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 31 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9.5% | 2017 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 32 | Yemen | 8.2% | 2017 | up 114.4% | rising |
| 33 | Guatemala | 7.9% | 2017 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 34 | Viet Nam | 7.0% | 2017 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 35 | Senegal | 6.6% | 2017 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 36 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.6% | 2017 | down 76.0% | falling |
| 37 | Cameroon | 6.5% | 2017 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 6.3% | 2017 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 6.2% | 2017 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 40 | Uganda | 6.1% | 2017 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 41 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 5.7% | 2017 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 42 | Malawi | 5.0% | 2017 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 43 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.7% | 2017 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 44 | Gabon | 4.7% | 2017 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 45 | Colombia | 4.3% | 2017 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 4.3% | 2017 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 47 | Mongolia | 3.8% | 2017 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 3.7% | 2017 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 49 | Honduras | 3.7% | 2017 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 50 | South Africa | 3.5% | 2017 | up 113.5% | rising |
| 51 | Zambia | 3.2% | 2017 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 52 | Mexico | 3.2% | 2017 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 53 | Burundi | 3.2% | 2017 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 54 | Uruguay | 3.0% | 2017 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Jamaica | 2.9% | 2017 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 56 | Rwanda | 2.4% | 2017 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 57 | Congo | 2.2% | 2017 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 58 | Belize | 1.9% | 2017 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 59 | Eswatini | 1.7% | 2017 | down 67.8% | falling |
| 60 | Mali | 1.1% | 2017 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Barbados | 1.1% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | El Salvador | 1.1% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Pakistan | 0.9% | 2017 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Panama | 0.8% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Suriname | 0.7% | 2017 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 66 | Somalia | 0.5% | 2017 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Montenegro | 0.4% | 2017 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Comoros | 0.4% | 2017 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 69 | Algeria | 0.3% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Thailand | 0.3% | 2017 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 72 | Bangladesh | 0.3% | 2017 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2017 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Ukraine | 0.1% | 2017 | up 147.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2017 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 76 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2017 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 77 | Albania | 0.1% | 2017 | up 14,939.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2017 | up 131.0% | rising |
| 79 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1% | 2017 | up 135.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2017 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2017 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 85 | Türkiye | 0.0% | 2017 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Palestine, State of | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |