People practicing open defecation of population, per square kilometre by country
People practicing open defecation of population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
154
Highest
0.0703 units per square kilometre
Tuvalu
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Vietnam
Median
0 units per square kilometre
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,016
What the numbers show
People practicing open defecation of population, per square kilometre is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 0.0703 units per square kilometre in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Vietnam.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.002 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 139 fell. The largest increase was in Trinidad and Tobago (up 234.7%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
People practicing open defecation of population, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 0.0703 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 2 | Kiribati | 0.0399 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 3 | Nauru | 0.0392 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 4 | Marshall Islands | 0.0377 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 5 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0347 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 6 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0136 units per square kilometre | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Grenada | 0.0104 units per square kilometre | 2017 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 8 | Saint Lucia | 0.0101 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 9 | Dominica | 0.0074 units per square kilometre | 2017 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 10 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0065 units per square kilometre | 2018 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 11 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0051 units per square kilometre | 2017 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 12 | Aruba | 0.0048 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 13 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | 2017 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 14 | American Samoa | 0.0036 units per square kilometre | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Solomon Islands | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 16 | Guam | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2016 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Comoros | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 18 | Cape Verde | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Djibouti | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 20 | Haiti | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 21 | Curacao | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2017 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 22 | Togo | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 23 | Eritrea | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2016 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 24 | East Timor | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 25 | Lesotho | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 26 | Benin | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 27 | Vanuatu | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 81.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Liberia | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 29 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 30 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 78.6% | falling |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 33 | Mauritius | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 34 | Tonga | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 36 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2017 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 37 | South Sudan | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 38 | Ghana | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 39 | Burundi | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 40 | El Salvador | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 41 | Samoa | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 42 | Jamaica | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 44 | Niger | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 45 | Chad | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 46 | Rwanda | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 47 | Madagascar | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 48 | Namibia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 49 | Panama | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 50 | Central African Republic | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 234.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Laos | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 56 | Senegal | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 57 | Honduras | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 58 | Cambodia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Belize | 0 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Congo | 0 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 61 | Somalia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 62 | Palestine | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Eswatini | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Angola | 0 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 65 | Malawi | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 72.8% | falling |
| 66 | Mozambique | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 67 | Nigeria | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 68 | Guinea | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 67.5% | falling |
| 69 | Uganda | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 70 | Afghanistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 71 | Mauritania | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 72 | Ethiopia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 73 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 74 | Bahamas | 0 units per square kilometre | 2019 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Pakistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 76 | Myanmar | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 77 | Kenya | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 78 | Botswana | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 79 | Cameroon | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 80 | Yemen | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 70.2% | falling |
| 81 | Guatemala | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Sudan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 83 | Tanzania | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 84 | Suriname | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Philippines | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 86 | Ecuador | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 87 | Bolivia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 88 | Qatar | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 89 | Gabon | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 90 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 91 | Gambia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 93 | Croatia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 94 | Moldova | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 95 | Nepal | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Syria | 0 units per square kilometre | 2016 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 97 | Venezuela | 0 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 98 | Tajikistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 99 | Mali | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 100 | Montenegro | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 101 | Mongolia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 102 | Zambia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 103 | India | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Colombia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 105 | Cuba | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Tunisia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 90.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Peru | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Indonesia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Malaysia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2016 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Paraguay | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 112 | Serbia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 113 | Jordan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Argentina | 0 units per square kilometre | 2014 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 115 | Armenia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Libya | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 117 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 77.9% | falling |
| 118 | Iran | 0 units per square kilometre | 2016 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 119 | South Africa | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Turkey | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 121 | Morocco | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 123 | Guyana | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 125 | Georgia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Algeria | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Iraq | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Ukraine | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Albania | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Bangladesh | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per square kilometre | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Brazil | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Barbados | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 129 | Brunei | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Bhutan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Chile | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | China | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Egypt | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Fiji | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Greece | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Lebanon | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Maldives | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Mexico | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Oman | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | French Polynesia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Seychelles | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 129 | Thailand | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Uruguay | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | British Virgin Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Vietnam | 0 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
People practicing open defecation of population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
People practicing open defecation of population ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- People practicing open defecation of population Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
People practicing open defecation of population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.