People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) - Country Ranking - Africa
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 | Burkina Faso | 54.72 | 2020 |
| 11 | São Tomé and Principe | 54.22 | 2020 |
| 12 | Angola | 54.16 | 2020 |
| 13 | Madagascar | 54.12 | 2020 |
| 14 | Somalia | 42.29 | 2020 |
| 15 | Côte d'Ivoire | 41.49 | 2020 |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 38.61 | 2020 |
| 17 | Sudan | 36.18 | 2020 |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 34.68 | 2020 |
| 19 | Ghana | 31.61 | 2020 |
| 20 | Botswana | 31.50 | 2020 |
| 21 | Mozambique | 29.98 | 2020 |
| 22 | Nigeria | 29.68 | 2020 |
| 23 | Lesotho | 29.12 | 2020 |
| 24 | Cabo Verde | 26.71 | 2020 |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 24.96 | 2020 |
| 26 | Congo | 23.01 | 2020 |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 20.93 | 2020 |
| 28 | Senegal | 20.43 | 2020 |
| 29 | Zambia | 19.06 | 2020 |
| 30 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 18.85 | 2020 |
| 31 | Guinea | 18.13 | 2020 |
| 32 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Tanzania | 16.07 | 2020 |
| 34 | Cameroon | 11.93 | 2020 |
| 35 | Kenya | 11.30 | 2020 |
| 36 | Mali | 8.52 | 2020 |
| 37 | Uganda | 5.61 | 2020 |
| 38 | Malawi | 5.15 | 2020 |
| 39 | Eswatini | 4.85 | 2020 |
| 40 | Gabon | 4.84 | 2020 |
| 41 | Morocco | 4.75 | 2020 |
| 42 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.63 | 2017 |
| 43 | Burundi | 2.92 | 2020 |
| 44 | Rwanda | 2.08 | 2020 |
| 45 | Comoros | 0.62 | 2018 |
| 46 | The Gambia | 0.23 | 2020 |
| 47 | Mauritius | 0.22 | 2017 |
| 48 | Algeria | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Egypt | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | South Africa | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Tunisia | 0.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
