People practicing open defecation, urban in Djibouti
Djibouti: People practicing open defecation, urban was 2.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation, urban in Djibouti, 2000–2023
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Djibouti recorded 2.7% for people practicing open defecation, urban in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation, urban in Djibouti peaked at 4.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2019.
Djibouti ranks 27th of 182 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
People practicing open defecation, urban in Djibouti, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.4% | — |
| 2001 | 4.4% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4.4% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4.4% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4.4% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4.3% | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 4.2% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 3.9% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 3.8% | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 3.5% | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 3.2% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 2.7% | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.2% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Djibouti
- 24 Marshall Islands 3.7% compare
- 25 Sierra Leone 3.7% compare
- 26 Sudan 3.0% compare
- 28 Ethiopia 2.7% compare
- 29 Equatorial Guinea 2.5% compare
- 30 Nepal 2.4% compare
More health data for Djibouti
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.5 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.2173 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,107 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 197 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per capita 0.047 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate -0.1489 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per capita 0.0481 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, annual growth rate -0.2748 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, urban in Djibouti?
- People practicing open defecation, urban in Djibouti was 2.7% in 2023, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people practicing open defecation, urban recorded in Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 4.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, urban recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2019.
- How does Djibouti rank for people practicing open defecation, urban?
- Djibouti ranks 27th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is people practicing open defecation, urban rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Djibouti data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
People practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste.