People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Yemen
Yemen: People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) was 0.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation, urban in Yemen, 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
The most recent figure for people practicing open defecation, urban in Yemen is 0.4%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 30.2% on the previous year and down 81.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation, urban in Yemen peaked at 4.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2024.
That places Yemen 67th 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 (% of urban population) in Yemen, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2% | — |
| 2001 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4.1% | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 3.5% | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 3.4% | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 3.2% | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 3.0% | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 2.7% | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 2.5% | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 2.3% | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 2.1% | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | -9.7% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | -10.7% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | -12.0% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | -13.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -15.8% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -18.8% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | -23.2% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | -30.2% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 0.4% is below the median for low income countries, which is 2.7%, 15% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 0.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0%, 64.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Yemen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -30.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.7% | 3.0% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 1.3% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More health data for Yemen
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.04 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 9,603 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 103 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.88 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0766 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0806 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation, urban in Yemen?
- People practicing open defecation, urban in Yemen was 0.4% 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation, urban recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2024.
- How does Yemen rank for people practicing open defecation, urban?
- Yemen ranks 67th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation, urban rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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.