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

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 Nepal 4.23 2020
2 Indonesia 2.24 2020
3 Philippines 1.96 2020
4 Vietnam 1.34 2020
5 Yemen 1.07 2020
6 India 0.99 2020
7 Myanmar 0.84 2020
8 Mongolia 0.68 2020
9 China 0.33 2020
10 Jordan 0.08 2020
11 Syrian Arab Republic 0.05 2020
12 Georgia 0.01 2020
13 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.00 2020
13 Malaysia 0.00 2020
13 Kazakhstan 0.00 2020
13 Kyrgyz Republic 0.00 2020
13 Cambodia 0.00 2020
13 Lao PDR 0.00 2020
13 Sri Lanka 0.00 2020
13 Macao SAR, China 0.00 2020
13 Iran 0.00 2020
13 Iraq 0.00 2020
13 Israel 0.00 2020
13 Afghanistan 0.00 2020
13 Armenia 0.00 2020
13 Azerbaijan 0.00 2020
13 Bangladesh 0.00 2020
13 Bhutan 0.00 2020
13 Thailand 0.00 2020
13 Tajikistan 0.00 2020
13 Turkmenistan 0.00 2020
13 Timor-Leste 0.00 2020
13 Turkey 0.00 2020
13 Uzbekistan 0.00 2020
13 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 0.00 2020
13 Russia 0.00 2020
13 Singapore 0.00 2020
13 Oman 0.00 2020
13 Pakistan 0.00 2020

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual