People practicing open defecation, urban in Malawi
Malawi: People practicing open defecation, urban was 0.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation, urban in Malawi, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.8% for people practicing open defecation, urban in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.4% on the previous year and down 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation, urban in Malawi peaked at 2.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2024.
That places Malawi 50th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People practicing open defecation, urban in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.5% | — |
| 2001 | 2.4% | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 2.3% | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 2.3% | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 2.1% | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 2.0% | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 1.9% | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 1.8% | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 1.7% | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 0.8% | -7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.2% | 1.9% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 5 |
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More health data for Malawi
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.8368 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9312 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 856.3 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 6,399 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 60-64, female, annual growth rate 5.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 60-64, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 60-64, female, per capita 0.0084 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 60-64, male, annual growth rate 2.7 % change on previous year (2025)
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- Population ages 60-64, male, per capita 0.006 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, urban in Malawi?
- People practicing open defecation, urban in Malawi was 0.8% in 2024, 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, urban recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2024.
- How does Malawi rank for people practicing open defecation, urban?
- Malawi ranks 50th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation, urban rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi 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.