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6.2.1.c Proportion of population practising open defecation (%) by country

Countries reporting
150
Highest
67
Eritrea
Lowest
0
Vietnam
Median
1.49
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
4,418

What the numbers show

6.2.1.c Proportion of population practising open defecation (%) is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 67 in Eritrea; the lowest is 0 in Vietnam.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.49, and the mean is 7.96.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 136 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 67.1%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

6.2.1.c Proportion of population practising open defecation: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eritrea 67 2016 down 10.9% falling
2 Niger 64.99 2022 down 11.5% falling
3 Chad 62.61 2022 down 6.4% falling
4 South Sudan 59.71 2022 down 14.5% falling
5 Benin 48.5 2022 down 15.1% falling
6 Solomon Islands 44.55 2021 down 14.7% falling
7 Sao Tome and Principe 42.19 2022 down 22.1% falling
8 Togo 39.47 2022 down 20.3% falling
9 Namibia 37.16 2022 down 18.3% falling
10 Liberia 35.24 2022 down 20.3% falling
11 Madagascar 33.63 2022 down 10.2% falling
12 Burkina Faso 33.55 2022 down 34.4% falling
13 Kiribati 32.75 2022 down 13.0% falling
14 Mauritania 26.87 2022 down 31.4% falling
15 Central African Republic 25.04 2022 up 2.3% rising
16 Somalia 21.32 2022 down 41.0% falling
17 Cote d'Ivoire 21.2 2022 down 23.7% falling
18 Mozambique 19.59 2022 down 47.3% falling
19 Nigeria 18.44 2022 down 13.7% falling
20 Haiti 17.73 2022 down 26.4% falling
21 Ethiopia 17.64 2022 down 58.0% falling
22 Zimbabwe 17.31 2022 down 27.0% falling
23 Sudan 17.3 2020 down 54.4% falling
24 Angola 17.29 2022 down 34.7% falling
25 Ghana 17.22 2022 down 8.4% falling
26 Sierra Leone 16.43 2022 down 19.8% falling
27 Laos 16.15 2022 down 49.5% falling
28 Papua New Guinea 16.1 2022 up 11.1% rising
29 Djibouti 15.99 2022 down 10.0% falling
30 Lesotho 14.99 2022 down 47.9% falling
31 Cambodia 12.08 2022 down 73.6% falling
32 Democratic Republic of Congo 11.85 2022 up 2.9% rising
33 India 11.1 2022 down 71.3% falling
34 East Timor 10.36 2022 down 60.1% falling
35 Micronesia (country) 9.5 2014 unchanged flat
36 Afghanistan 8.84 2022 down 46.9% falling
37 Marshall Islands 8.68 2022 down 15.7% falling
38 Yemen 8.57 2022 down 54.7% falling
39 Bolivia 8.55 2022 down 54.1% falling
40 Cape Verde 8.54 2022 down 66.7% falling
41 Guinea-Bissau 8.43 2022 down 57.4% falling
42 Congo 8.35 2021 down 3.7% flat
43 Senegal 7.71 2022 down 48.8% falling
44 Guinea 7.15 2022 down 56.8% falling
45 Nepal 6.98 2022 down 78.7% volatile
46 Myanmar 6.81 2022 down 17.3% falling
47 Nicaragua 6.79 2020 down 33.1% falling
48 Pakistan 6.75 2022 down 66.3% falling
49 Kenya 6.45 2022 down 44.8% falling
50 Zambia 6.41 2022 down 57.3% falling
51 Tanzania 6.32 2022 down 28.3% falling
52 Saint Lucia 6.19 2022 down 6.9% falling
53 Dominica 5.57 2017 down 47.0% falling
54 Botswana 5.21 2022 down 54.1% falling
55 Mongolia 5.03 2022 down 48.6% falling
56 Mali 4.54 2022 down 57.6% falling
57 Cameroon 4.25 2022 down 29.4% falling
58 Indonesia 4.19 2022 down 73.6% falling
59 Honduras 4.15 2022 down 58.5% falling
60 Panama 3.99 2022 down 28.1% falling
61 Uganda 3.82 2022 down 53.8% falling
62 Grenada 3.54 2017 up 27.8% rising
63 Philippines 3.02 2022 down 56.1% falling
64 Venezuela 3 2021 down 43.4% falling
65 Peru 2.88 2022 down 69.5% falling
66 Equatorial Guinea 2.85 2017 down 54.3% falling
67 Tuvalu 2.62 2022 down 52.1% falling
68 Malawi 2.61 2022 down 67.9% falling
69 Nauru 2.59 2021 up 25.1% rising
70 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.53 2018 up 18.0% rising
71 Colombia 2.4 2022 down 49.4% falling
72 Gabon 2.02 2022 down 1.1% falling
73 Rwanda 1.86 2022 down 35.2% falling
74 Dominican Republic 1.83 2022 down 40.9% falling
75 Argentina 1.53 2014 down 25.5% falling
76 Burundi 1.44 2022 down 28.2% falling
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.32 2017 down 34.4% falling
78 Suriname 1.21 2022 down 71.0% volatile
79 Guatemala 1.12 2022 down 82.7% volatile
80 Barbados 0.8247 2018 up 6.4% rising
81 Jamaica 0.8002 2022 down 1.5% falling
82 Libya 0.7478 2022 down 0.3% flat
83 Syria 0.6821 2016 down 42.4% falling
84 Ecuador 0.646 2022 down 88.7% volatile
85 Antigua and Barbuda 0.6243 2022 down 0.2% flat
86 Comoros 0.5914 2018 down 5.0% falling
87 Belize 0.5704 2022 down 69.5% volatile
88 Anguilla 0.542 2017 down 58.8% falling
89 Niue 0.5 2022 unchanged volatile
90 Cook Islands 0.4829 2022 down 14.3% falling
91 Iran 0.4005 2016 down 16.4% falling
92 Montserrat 0.3533 2022 down 79.6% volatile
93 Malaysia 0.3476 2016 down 62.7% volatile
94 Paraguay 0.3225 2022 down 54.9% falling
95 Tajikistan 0.3172 2022 down 49.3% falling
96 Guyana 0.29 2022 down 62.0% falling
97 Eswatini 0.2268 2022 down 97.6% volatile
98 Bahamas 0.2232 2019 down 62.1% volatile
99 Mauritius 0.2025 2017 up 67.1% rising
100 Cuba 0.1701 2022 down 78.9% volatile
101 Uruguay 0.1519 2022 down 81.4% volatile
102 South Africa 0.1492 2022 down 96.7% volatile
103 Turkey 0.1486 2022 down 53.5% falling
104 Tunisia 0.1477 2022 down 95.1% volatile
105 Moldova 0.1326 2022 up 15.4% volatile
106 Samoa 0.1276 2022 up 50.1% rising
107 North Macedonia 0.1094 2022 down 59.9% falling
108 Costa Rica 0.1079 2022 down 70.8% falling
109 China 0.1045 2022 down 89.0% volatile
110 Jordan 0.104 2022 down 18.1% falling
111 Palestine 0.1018 2022 down 68.8% volatile
112 Brazil 0.0927 2022 down 97.1% volatile
113 Tonga 0.0903 2022 down 36.8% falling
114 Azerbaijan 0.0857 2019 down 50.8% falling
115 Gambia 0.0654 2022 down 96.8% volatile
116 Qatar 0.0635 2022 up 0.0% flat
117 Serbia 0.0581 2022 down 7.8% falling
118 Vanuatu 0.0558 2022 down 95.1% volatile
119 Uzbekistan 0.0495 2022 up 1.2% falling
120 Montenegro 0.041 2022 down 67.1% falling
121 Thailand 0.0306 2022 down 91.9% volatile
122 Kazakhstan 0.0297 2022 down 2.6% falling
123 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0138 2022 down 20.4% falling
124 Armenia 0.0106 2022 down 57.1% volatile
125 Egypt 0.0069 2022 down 98.8% volatile
126 Iraq 0.0045 2022 down 99.6% volatile
127 Georgia 0.0033 2022 down 98.9% volatile
128 Albania 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Bangladesh 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
128 Brunei 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Bhutan 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Chile 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Algeria 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Fiji 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Greece 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Kyrgyzstan 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Lebanon 0 2022 down 100.0% falling
128 Sri Lanka 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Morocco 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Maldives 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Mexico 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Oman 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 El Salvador 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Seychelles 0 2022 down 100.0% falling
128 Turkmenistan 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Trinidad and Tobago 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 Ukraine 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
128 British Virgin Islands 0 2016 down 100.0% volatile
128 Vietnam 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
6.2.1.c Proportion of population practising open defecation (%)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
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Coverage
200 places, 4,418 data points, 2000–2022
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