People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q3 by country

Countries reporting
74
Highest
31.2%
Sao Tome and Principe
Lowest
0.0%
Montenegro
Median
0.4%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663

What the numbers show

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q3 is currently reported for 74 countries. The highest value is 31.2% in Sao Tome and Principe; the lowest is 0.0% in Montenegro.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4%, and the mean is 2.3%.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 1,295.2%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 100.0%).

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q3: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sao Tome and Principe 31.2% 2017 down 43.9% falling
2 Benin 19.7% 2017 down 16.7% falling
3 Madagascar 17.1% 2017 up 71.1% rising
4 Nigeria 9.2% 2017 up 0.1% flat
5 Chad 9.0% 2017 up 11.6% rising
6 Liberia 7.7% 2017 down 70.4% falling
7 Togo 7.4% 2017 down 39.0% falling
8 Namibia 6.6% 2017 up 112.8% volatile
9 Nepal 5.2% 2017 up 11.9% rising
10 Ghana 4.3% 2017 down 13.7% falling
11 Haiti 3.9% 2017 down 11.8% falling
12 Indonesia 3.5% 2017 down 65.1% falling
13 India 3.3% 2017 down 57.3% falling
14 Sierra Leone 3.3% 2017 up 11.5% rising
15 Niger 3.0% 2017 down 62.4% falling
16 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.8% 2017 up 15.7% rising
17 Mauritania 2.8% 2017 down 44.8% falling
18 Somalia 2.7% 2017 up 95.0% rising
19 Mozambique 2.1% 2017 down 72.6% falling
20 Ethiopia 2.1% 2017 down 85.9% volatile
21 Gabon 1.9% 2017 up 25.2% rising
22 Burkina Faso 1.7% 2017 down 40.7% falling
23 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.5% 2017 down 81.6% falling
24 Yemen 1.5% 2017 up 796.8% volatile
25 Central African Republic 1.4% 2016 down 48.5% falling
26 Nicaragua 1.3% 2017 up 13.6% rising
27 Peru 1.1% 2017 down 31.8% falling
28 Honduras 1.1% 2017 down 7.0% falling
29 Congo 1.0% 2017 down 56.5% falling
30 Senegal 0.8% 2017 up 34.1% rising
31 Zimbabwe 0.7% 2017 up 1,295.2% volatile
32 Zambia 0.6% 2017 up 11.9% rising
33 Saint Lucia 0.6% 2017 down 83.6% volatile
34 Sudan 0.6% 2017 down 83.9% falling
35 Guatemala 0.5% 2017 up 75.0% rising
36 Lesotho 0.5% 2017 down 89.2% volatile
37 Philippines 0.4% 2017 down 13.4% falling
38 Eswatini 0.4% 2017 down 7.0% falling
39 Guinea-Bissau 0.3% 2017 down 14.1% falling
40 Malawi 0.3% 2017 down 50.5% falling
41 Dominican Republic 0.3% 2017 down 37.7% falling
42 Uganda 0.3% 2017 down 13.4% falling
43 Mali 0.2% 2017 down 79.9% falling
44 Cameroon 0.2% 2017 down 50.4% falling
45 Afghanistan 0.1% 2017 down 4.2% flat
46 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2017 down 84.0% falling
47 South Africa 0.1% 2017 down 64.5% falling
48 Mexico 0.0% 2017 down 50.8% falling
49 Uruguay 0.0% 2017 up 200.0% volatile
50 Comoros 0.0% 2017 down 88.9% volatile
51 Paraguay 0.0% 2017 up 459.1% volatile
52 Kenya 0.0% 2017 down 91.9% volatile
53 Colombia 0.0% 2017 down 47.2% falling
54 Algeria 0.0% 2017 unchanged flat
55 Thailand 0.0% 2017 down 48.3% falling
56 Viet Nam 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Türkiye 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Tajikistan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Bangladesh 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Angola 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Guinea 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Mongolia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Gambia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Guyana 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Iraq 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Jamaica 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Rwanda 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Cambodia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Pakistan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
56 Montenegro 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q3
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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