People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2 by country

Countries reporting
78
Highest
62.3%
Sao Tome and Principe
Lowest
0.0%
Gambia
Median
0.8%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663

What the numbers show

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2 is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 62.3% in Sao Tome and Principe; the lowest is 0.0% in Gambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 5.0%.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 2,574.2%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 100.0%).

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sao Tome and Principe 62.3% 2017 down 17.0% falling
2 Benin 42.8% 2017 down 21.6% falling
3 Namibia 32.8% 2017 up 52.5% rising
4 Liberia 21.5% 2017 down 35.0% falling
5 Madagascar 19.4% 2017 down 23.4% falling
6 Chad 18.2% 2017 down 3.2% falling
7 Togo 16.2% 2017 down 33.9% falling
8 Nigeria 15.0% 2017 up 11.2% rising
9 Niger 14.7% 2017 down 43.7% falling
10 Mauritania 14.0% 2017 up 9.1% rising
11 Nepal 12.2% 2017 down 19.8% falling
12 India 10.8% 2017 down 46.9% falling
13 Sierra Leone 10.5% 2017 up 50.1% rising
14 Haiti 9.6% 2017 down 4.1% falling
15 Saint Lucia 9.5% 2017 up 26.1% rising
16 Ghana 8.8% 2017 down 11.1% falling
17 Ethiopia 7.4% 2017 down 65.9% falling
18 Burkina Faso 6.9% 2017 down 34.7% falling
19 Central African Republic 5.7% 2016 up 14.9% rising
20 Indonesia 5.5% 2017 down 62.0% falling
21 Democratic Republic of Congo 4.1% 2017 down 3.8% falling
22 Yemen 3.7% 2017 up 721.2% volatile
23 Peru 3.5% 2017 down 30.4% falling
24 Nicaragua 3.2% 2017 down 0.7% flat
25 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.9% 2017 down 85.9% volatile
26 Philippines 2.2% 2017 down 13.6% falling
27 Lesotho 2.0% 2017 down 77.5% volatile
28 Guatemala 1.7% 2017 up 65.6% rising
29 Congo 1.5% 2017 down 30.9% falling
30 Sudan 1.5% 2017 down 90.9% volatile
31 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.5% 2017 down 42.2% falling
32 Gabon 1.3% 2017 down 26.7% falling
33 Mozambique 1.3% 2017 down 94.9% volatile
34 Dominican Republic 1.3% 2017 down 27.2% falling
35 Comoros 1.1% 2017 up 122.5% volatile
36 Senegal 1.1% 2017 down 32.6% falling
37 Somalia 1.0% 2017 down 88.4% falling
38 Malawi 1.0% 2017 down 54.7% falling
39 Honduras 0.9% 2017 down 69.4% volatile
40 Guinea-Bissau 0.8% 2017 down 65.9% falling
41 Guinea 0.7% 2017 up 64.1% rising
42 Zimbabwe 0.6% 2017 up 941.6% volatile
43 Kenya 0.6% 2017 down 48.6% falling
44 Mexico 0.4% 2017 down 32.1% falling
45 Uganda 0.4% 2017 down 60.0% falling
46 Rwanda 0.3% 2017 down 80.7% falling
47 Cameroon 0.2% 2017 down 29.3% falling
48 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.2% 2017 down 98.5% volatile
49 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 unchanged flat
50 Mongolia 0.2% 2017 down 82.3% volatile
51 Zambia 0.2% 2017 down 94.2% volatile
52 Afghanistan 0.2% 2017 down 63.4% falling
53 Suriname 0.2% 2017 up 34.4% rising
54 Algeria 0.1% 2017 unchanged flat
55 Tajikistan 0.1% 2017 down 13.6% falling
56 Paraguay 0.1% 2017 up 2,574.2% volatile
57 Belize 0.1% 2017 volatile
58 Mali 0.1% 2017 down 98.3% volatile
59 South Africa 0.1% 2017 down 72.2% falling
60 Uruguay 0.1% 2017 up 199.9% volatile
61 Panama 0.0% 2017 unchanged flat
62 Iraq 0.0% 2017 down 87.1% volatile
63 Thailand 0.0% 2017 down 53.5% falling
64 Türkiye 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Angola 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Cambodia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Burundi 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Viet Nam 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Ukraine 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Jamaica 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Bangladesh 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Egypt 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Pakistan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Eswatini 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Guyana 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Colombia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
64 Gambia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2
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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