People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q5 (highest) by country
Countries reporting
55
Highest
7.3%
Sao Tome and Principe
Lowest
0.0%
Guinea-Bissau
Median
0.1%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663
What the numbers show
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 55 countries. The highest value is 7.3% in Sao Tome and Principe; the lowest is 0.0% in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.4%.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 799.9%), and the largest decrease in Tunisia (down 100.0%).
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q5: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.3% | 2017 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 2 | Madagascar | 3.3% | 2017 | up 361.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Benin | 1.4% | 2017 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 4 | Somalia | 1.4% | 2017 | up 462.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Nigeria | 0.7% | 2017 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 6 | Ghana | 0.7% | 2017 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 0.7% | 2016 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 8 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.7% | 2017 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 9 | Liberia | 0.6% | 2017 | down 90.5% | falling |
| 10 | Yemen | 0.6% | 2017 | up 799.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Indonesia | 0.6% | 2017 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 12 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.5% | 2017 | up 107.8% | rising |
| 13 | Burundi | 0.4% | 2017 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 14 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.4% | 2017 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 15 | Togo | 0.3% | 2017 | down 78.4% | falling |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 0.2% | 2017 | up 111.9% | rising |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 0.2% | 2017 | down 79.8% | falling |
| 18 | Mozambique | 0.2% | 2017 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 19 | Lesotho | 0.2% | 2017 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Honduras | 0.1% | 2017 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 21 | Namibia | 0.1% | 2017 | up 167.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2017 | up 201.3% | volatile |
| 23 | India | 0.1% | 2017 | down 70.3% | falling |
| 24 | Mauritania | 0.1% | 2017 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 0.1% | 2017 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Comoros | 0.1% | 2017 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Zambia | 0.1% | 2017 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 28 | Nepal | 0.1% | 2017 | up 381.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 0.1% | 2017 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 30 | Senegal | 0.1% | 2017 | up 181.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2017 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 32 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2017 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 33 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2017 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 34 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 35 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2017 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2017 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Pakistan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 71.1% | falling |
| 38 | Niger | 0.0% | 2017 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Türkiye | 0.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 77.0% | falling |
| 42 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Chad | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Angola | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Congo | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Mali | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |