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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |