People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q4 by country
Countries reporting
69
Highest
13.8%
Sao Tome and Principe
Lowest
0.0%
Pakistan
Median
0.1%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663
What the numbers show
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q4 is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 13.8% in Sao Tome and Principe; the lowest is 0.0% in Pakistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 1.0%.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 3,257.1%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 100.0%).
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q4: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.8% | 2017 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 2 | Madagascar | 11.1% | 2017 | up 162.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Benin | 8.9% | 2017 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 4 | Togo | 4.3% | 2017 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 5 | Nigeria | 3.7% | 2017 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 6 | Somalia | 3.2% | 2017 | up 420.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Liberia | 2.0% | 2017 | down 88.3% | falling |
| 8 | Gabon | 2.0% | 2017 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 1.8% | 2017 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 10 | Indonesia | 1.8% | 2017 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 11 | Ghana | 1.5% | 2017 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 12 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.5% | 2017 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 13 | Chad | 1.2% | 2017 | down 77.6% | falling |
| 14 | Haiti | 1.1% | 2017 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 1.0% | 2016 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 16 | Burundi | 0.9% | 2017 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 17 | Nepal | 0.8% | 2017 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 18 | Congo | 0.7% | 2017 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 19 | India | 0.7% | 2017 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 20 | Nicaragua | 0.6% | 2017 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 21 | Yemen | 0.5% | 2017 | up 800.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.4% | 2017 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 0.4% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 0.4% | 2017 | up 350.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 0.3% | 2017 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Guatemala | 0.3% | 2017 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 27 | Niger | 0.2% | 2017 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Eswatini | 0.2% | 2017 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 29 | Guinea | 0.2% | 2017 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 30 | Namibia | 0.2% | 2017 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 31 | Mongolia | 0.2% | 2017 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 32 | Comoros | 0.2% | 2017 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Mali | 0.2% | 2017 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 34 | Cameroon | 0.1% | 2017 | up 122.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Sudan | 0.1% | 2017 | up 3,257.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Honduras | 0.1% | 2017 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Peru | 0.1% | 2017 | down 67.1% | falling |
| 38 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1% | 2017 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.1% | 2017 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 40 | Uganda | 0.1% | 2017 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 41 | Malawi | 0.1% | 2017 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Philippines | 0.1% | 2017 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 43 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2017 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 44 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2017 | down 83.1% | falling |
| 45 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2017 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2017 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Angola | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Viet Nam | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Türkiye | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Palestine, State of | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Pakistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |