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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q4
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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