People practicing open: Q5 (highest) … Q5 highest urban in Congo
Congo: People practicing open: Q5 (highest) … Q5 highest urban was 0.0% in 2017. ◆ Volatile
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q5 in Congo, 2000–2017
Source: World Bank. Measured in highest.
Analysis
Congo recorded 0.0% for people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): q5 in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): q5 in Congo peaked at 1.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2016.
That places Congo 42nd out of 97 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
People practicing open: Q5 (highest) … Q5 highest urban in Congo, year by year
| Year | highest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.1% | — |
| 2001 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | -10.5% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | -11.7% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | -15.2% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -18.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -21.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -28.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -39.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -64.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 0.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%. (35 countries reporting)
- Congo's 0.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1%. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People practicing open: Q5 (highest) … Q5 highest urban in Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Congo
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- 42 Afghanistan 0.0%
- 42 Albania 0.0%
- 42 Angola 0.0% compare
- 42 Armenia 0.0%
- 42 Bangladesh 0.0%
- 42 Barbados 0.0%
- 42 Belarus 0.0%
- 42 Belize 0.0%
- 42 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0%
- 42 Cambodia 0.0%
- 42 Chad 0.0% compare
- 42 Costa Rica 0.0%
- 42 Egypt 0.0%
- 42 El Salvador 0.0%
- 42 Eswatini 0.0%
- 42 Ethiopia 0.0% compare
- 42 Gabon 0.0%
- 42 Gambia 0.0%
- 42 Georgia 0.0%
- 42 Guinea 0.0% compare
- 42 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% compare
- 42 Guyana 0.0%
- 42 Haiti 0.0% compare
- 42 Iraq 0.0% compare
- 42 Jamaica 0.0%
- 42 Jordan 0.0%
- 42 Kazakhstan 0.0%
- 42 Kenya 0.0% compare
- 42 Kyrgyzstan 0.0%
- 42 Laos 0.0% compare
- 42 Maldives 0.0%
- 42 Mali 0.0% compare
- 42 Moldova 0.0%
- 42 Montenegro 0.0%
- 42 North Macedonia 0.0%
- 42 Panama 0.0%
- 42 Paraguay 0.0%
- 42 Philippines 0.0%
- 42 Rwanda 0.0%
- 42 Serbia 0.0%
- 42 South Africa 0.0%
- 42 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 42 Sudan 0.0% compare
- 42 Suriname 0.0%
- 42 Tajikistan 0.0%
- 42 Tanzania 0.0%
- 42 Thailand 0.0%
- 42 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
- 42 Tunisia 0.0% compare
- 42 Turkmenistan 0.0%
- 42 Uganda 0.0%
- 42 Ukraine 0.0% compare
- 42 Uruguay 0.0%
- 42 Vietnam 0.0%
- 42 Palestine 0.0%
More health data for Congo
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.4813 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9705 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 2,688 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 11 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0695 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0709 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): q5 in Congo?
- People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): q5 in Congo was 0.0% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): q5 recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): q5 recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2016.
- How does Congo rank for people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): q5?
- Congo ranks 42nd out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): q5 rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q5 (highest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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