People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) - Country Ranking

Definition: 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.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation (http://www.wssinfo.org/).

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Eritrea 88.65 2016
2 Niger 79.41 2020
3 Chad 78.67 2020
4 Namibia 70.87 2020
5 Benin 70.45 2020
6 Togo 70.04 2020
7 Djibouti 64.13 2020
8 Liberia 59.09 2020
9 Mauritania 58.45 2020
10 Solomon Islands 58.03 2020
11 Burkina Faso 54.72 2020
12 São Tomé and Principe 54.22 2020
13 Angola 54.16 2020
14 Madagascar 54.12 2020
15 Kiribati 46.80 2020
16 Somalia 42.29 2020
17 Côte d'Ivoire 41.49 2020
18 Central African Republic 38.61 2020
19 Sudan 36.18 2020
20 Zimbabwe 34.68 2020
21 Bolivia 32.73 2020
22 Ghana 31.61 2020
23 Botswana 31.50 2020
24 Haiti 31.46 2020
25 Mozambique 29.98 2020
26 Nigeria 29.68 2020
27 Lesotho 29.12 2020
28 Cabo Verde 26.71 2020
29 Timor-Leste 26.52 2020
30 Lao PDR 25.88 2020
31 Cambodia 25.45 2020
32 Mongolia 25.39 2020
33 Sierra Leone 24.96 2020
34 Congo 23.01 2020
35 India 22.41 2020
36 Ethiopia 20.93 2020
37 Senegal 20.43 2020
38 Zambia 19.06 2020
39 Dem. Rep. Congo 18.85 2020
40 Guinea 18.13 2020
41 Guinea-Bissau 18.00 2020
42 Papua New Guinea 17.99 2020
43 Tanzania 16.07 2020
44 Yemen 15.02 2020
45 Nicaragua 14.63 2020
46 Afghanistan 14.58 2020
47 Tuvalu 13.64 2018
48 Peru 13.15 2020
49 Panama 12.19 2020
50 Cameroon 11.93 2020
51 Pakistan 11.62 2020
52 Kenya 11.30 2020
53 Colombia 11.29 2020
54 Nepal 11.22 2020
55 Indonesia 11.15 2020
56 Myanmar 9.78 2020
57 Mali 8.52 2020
58 Honduras 8.34 2020
59 Argentina 7.69 2014
60 St. Lucia 7.15 2020
61 Dominican Republic 5.93 2020
62 Uganda 5.61 2020
63 Philippines 5.43 2020
64 Malawi 5.15 2020
65 Eswatini 4.85 2020
66 Gabon 4.84 2020
67 Morocco 4.75 2020
68 Vietnam 3.88 2020
69 Equatorial Guinea 3.63 2017
70 Suriname 3.25 2020
71 Guatemala 3.23 2020
72 Burundi 2.92 2020
73 Ecuador 2.53 2020
74 Brazil 2.35 2020
75 Rwanda 2.08 2020
76 Iran 1.43 2016
77 Syrian Arab Republic 1.39 2016
78 Malaysia 1.12 2016
79 El Salvador 1.12 2020
80 Paraguay 0.91 2020
81 Guyana 0.83 2020
82 Cuba 0.64 2020
83 Turkey 0.64 2020
84 Comoros 0.62 2018
85 Jamaica 0.59 2020
86 Mexico 0.50 2020
87 Belize 0.44 2020
88 Jordan 0.40 2020
89 North Macedonia 0.31 2020
90 China 0.30 2020
91 Costa Rica 0.25 2020
92 Moldova 0.23 2020
93 The Gambia 0.23 2020
94 Mauritius 0.22 2017
95 Vanuatu 0.21 2020
96 Azerbaijan 0.19 2019
97 Samoa 0.17 2020
98 Montenegro 0.13 2020
99 Serbia 0.07 2020
100 Armenia 0.03 2020
101 South Africa 0.00 2020
101 Belgium 0.00 2020
101 Canada 0.00 2020
101 Switzerland 0.00 2020
101 Bangladesh 0.00 2020
101 Bulgaria 0.00 2020
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.00 2018
101 Belarus 0.00 2020
101 Cyprus 0.00 2020
101 Germany 0.00 2020
101 Denmark 0.00 2020
101 Algeria 0.00 2020
101 Egypt 0.00 2020
101 Finland 0.00 2020
101 Estonia 0.00 2020
101 Oman 0.00 2020
101 Palau 0.00 2020
101 Portugal 0.00 2020
101 Russia 0.00 2020
101 Malta 0.00 2020
101 Netherlands 0.00 2020
101 Norway 0.00 2020
101 United Kingdom 0.00 2020
101 Greece 0.00 2020
101 Greenland 0.00 2020
101 Croatia 0.00 2020
101 Iraq 0.00 2020
101 Kyrgyz Republic 0.00 2020
101 Sri Lanka 0.00 2020
101 Poland 0.00 2020
101 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 0.00 2020
101 Romania 0.00 2020
101 Uzbekistan 0.00 2020
101 Sweden 0.00 2020
101 Thailand 0.00 2020
101 Turkmenistan 0.00 2020
101 Tonga 0.00 2020
101 New Zealand 0.00 2020
101 Lithuania 0.00 2020
101 Luxembourg 0.00 2020
101 Latvia 0.00 2020
101 Kazakhstan 0.00 2020
101 Ireland 0.00 2020
101 Czech Republic 0.00 2020
101 Hungary 0.00 2020
101 Iceland 0.00 2020
101 Israel 0.00 2020
101 Italy 0.00 2020
101 Bhutan 0.00 2020
101 Albania 0.00 2020
101 Andorra 0.00 2020
101 Austria 0.00 2020
101 Spain 0.00 2020
101 Fiji 0.00 2020
101 France 0.00 2020
101 Georgia 0.00 2020
101 Chile 0.00 2020
101 Slovak Republic 0.00 2020
101 Ukraine 0.00 2020
101 Uruguay 0.00 2020
101 United States 0.00 2020
101 Tunisia 0.00 2020
101 Tajikistan 0.00 2020

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual