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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q1 (lowest)
Unit
lowest
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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