demographic2024
Share of the population practicing open defecation
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
4.7%
Median: 0.1%
Countries Covered
232
with available data
Highest
Eritrea
67.0%
Lowest
Brunei Darussalam
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Eritrea67.0%
2Niger66.0%
3South Sudan62.8%
4Chad62.2%
5Benin47.0%
By Region
Africa9.3%(9 countries)
Other6.3%(152 countries)
Asia1.4%(26 countries)
South America1.0%(7 countries)
North America0.2%(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0%)High (67.0%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 4.7%)
Africa (9)
Other (152)
Asia (26)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eritrea | 67.0% |
| 2 | Niger | 66.0% |
| 3 | South Sudan | 62.8% |
| 4 | Chad | 62.2% |
| 5 | Benin | 47.0% |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 45.3% |
| 7 | Namibia | 34.7% |
| 8 | Liberia | 33.9% |
| 9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 33.3% |
| 10 | Kiribati | 32.4% |
| 11 | Togo | 32.2% |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 29.9% |
| 13 | Madagascar | 27.0% |
| 14 | Angola | 25.7% |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 24.7% |
| 16 | Nigeria | 18.0% |
| 17 | Ghana | 17.8% |
| 18 | Haiti | 17.5% |
| 19 | Cote d'Ivoire | 16.7% |
| 20 | Sudan | 16.4% |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 16.2% |
| 22 | Mauritania | 16.2% |
| 23 | Mozambique | 16.0% |
| 24 | Djibouti | 15.9% |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea | 15.6% |
| 26 | Sierra Leone | 15.3% |
| 27 | Lesotho | 14.8% |
| 28 | Somalia | 14.4% |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 12.6% |
| 30 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11.7% |
| 31 | Afghanistan | 11.2% |
| 32 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 9.5% |
| 33 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8.7% |
| 34 | Republic of the Congo | 8.4% |
| 35 | Pakistan | 8.2% |
| 36 | Timor-Leste | 7.9% |
| 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.7% |
| 38 | Bolivia | 7.1% |
| 39 | Wallis and Futuna | 6.9% |
| 40 | Marshall Islands | 6.8% |
| 41 | United Republic of Tanzania | 6.8% |
| 42 | Myanmar | 6.7% |
| 43 | India | 6.7% |
| 44 | Saint Lucia | 6.2% |
| 45 | Senegal | 6.1% |
| 46 | Kenya | 5.9% |
| 47 | Dominica | 5.6% |
| 48 | Botswana | 5.4% |
| 49 | Cambodia | 5.2% |
| 50 | Vanuatu | 5.0% |
| 51 | Yemen | 4.9% |
| 52 | Guinea | 4.7% |
| 53 | Cameroon | 4.4% |
| 54 | Mongolia | 4.3% |
| 55 | Mali | 3.9% |
| 56 | Grenada | 3.5% |
| 57 | Uganda | 3.5% |
| 58 | Cape Verde | 3.4% |
| 59 | Honduras | 3.4% |
| 60 | Panama | 3.1% |
| 61 | Venezuela | 3.0% |
| 62 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.9% |
| 63 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.5% |
| 64 | Indonesia | 2.3% |
| 65 | Philippines | 2.2% |
| 66 | Colombia | 2.1% |
| 67 | Zambia | 2.0% |
| 68 | Burundi | 2.0% |
| 69 | Malawi | 1.9% |
| 70 | Peru | 1.9% |
| 71 | Tuvalu | 1.8% |
| 72 | Comoros | 1.8% |
| 73 | Ecuador | 1.7% |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 1.7% |
| 75 | Argentina | 1.5% |
| 76 | Gabon | 1.3% |
| 77 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.3% |
| 78 | Suriname | 1.2% |
| 79 | El Salvador | 1.2% |
| 80 | Rwanda | 1.1% |
| 81 | Guatemala | 1.0% |
| 82 | Aruba | 0.9% |
| 83 | Nauru | 0.8% |
| 84 | Guam | 0.7% |
| 85 | American Samoa | 0.7% |
| 86 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.7% |
| 87 | Niue | 0.6% |
| 88 | Cook Islands | 0.6% |
| 89 | Jamaica | 0.6% |
| 90 | Belize | 0.6% |
| 91 | Libya | 0.6% |
| 92 | Anguilla | 0.5% |
| 93 | Nepal | 0.5% |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 0.5% |
| 95 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.4% |
| 96 | Eswatini | 0.4% |
| 97 | Malaysia | 0.3% |
| 98 | Paraguay | 0.3% |
| 99 | South Africa | 0.3% |
| 100 | Curaçao | 0.3% |
| 101 | Mauritius | 0.3% |
| 102 | Tunisia | 0.2% |
| 103 | Croatia | 0.2% |
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2% |
| 105 | Cuba | 0.2% |
| 106 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.2% |
| 107 | Samoa | 0.2% |
| 108 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1% |
| 109 | Türkiye | 0.1% |
| 110 | Moldova, Republic of | 0.1% |
| 111 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.1% |
| 112 | State of Palestine | 0.1% |
| 113 | Bahamas | 0.1% |
| 114 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% |
| 115 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 0.1% |
| 116 | Tonga | 0.1% |
| 117 | Qatar | 0.1% |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 0.1% |
| 119 | Serbia | 0.1% |
| 120 | Morocco | 0.1% |
| 121 | Jordan | 0.1% |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% |
| 123 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.0% |
| 124 | Montenegro | 0.0% |
| 125 | Algeria | 0.0% |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% |
| 127 | Guyana | 0.0% |
| 128 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% |
| 129 | Armenia | 0.0% |
| 130 | Iraq | 0.0% |
| 131 | Georgia | 0.0% |
| 132 | Ukraine | 0.0% |
| 133 | Bulgaria | 0.0% |
| 134 | Belarus | 0.0% |
| 135 | Canada | 0.0% |
| 136 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% |
| 137 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% |
| 138 | Chile | 0.0% |
| 139 | People's Republic of China | 0.0% |
| 140 | Mayotte | 0.0% |
| 141 | Cyprus | 0.0% |
| 142 | Czech Republic | 0.0% |
| 143 | Denmark | 0.0% |
| 144 | Estonia | 0.0% |
| 145 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% |
| 146 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0% |
| 147 | Fiji | 0.0% |
| 148 | Finland | 0.0% |
| 149 | France | 0.0% |
| 150 | French Guiana | 0.0% |
| 151 | French Polynesia | 0.0% |
| 152 | Germany | 0.0% |
| 153 | Gibraltar | 0.0% |
| 154 | Greece | 0.0% |
| 155 | Greenland | 0.0% |
| 156 | Guadeloupe | 0.0% |
| 157 | Hong Kong | 0.0% |
| 158 | Hungary | 0.0% |
| 159 | Iceland | 0.0% |
| 160 | Ireland | 0.0% |
| 161 | Israel | 0.0% |
| 162 | Italy | 0.0% |
| 163 | Japan | 0.0% |
| 164 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% |
| 165 | North Korea | 0.0% |
| 166 | South Korea | 0.0% |
| 167 | Kuwait | 0.0% |
| 168 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% |
| 169 | Lebanon | 0.0% |
| 170 | Latvia | 0.0% |
| 171 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% |
| 172 | Lithuania | 0.0% |
| 173 | Luxembourg | 0.0% |
| 174 | Macao | 0.0% |
| 175 | Maldives | 0.0% |
| 176 | Malta | 0.0% |
| 177 | Martinique | 0.0% |
| 178 | Mexico | 0.0% |
| 179 | Monaco | 0.0% |
| 180 | Montserrat | 0.0% |
| 181 | Oman | 0.0% |
| 182 | Netherlands | 0.0% |
| 183 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0% |
| 184 | New Caledonia | 0.0% |
| 185 | New Zealand | 0.0% |
| 186 | Norway | 0.0% |
| 187 | Palau | 0.0% |
| 188 | Poland | 0.0% |
| 189 | Portugal | 0.0% |
| 190 | Puerto Rico | 0.0% |
| 191 | Reunion | 0.0% |
| 192 | Romania | 0.0% |
| 193 | Russian Federation | 0.0% |
| 194 | Saint Barthélemy | 0.0% |
| 195 | Saint Helena | 0.0% |
| 196 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0% |
| 197 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0% |
| 198 | San Marino | 0.0% |
| 199 | Seychelles | 0.0% |
| 200 | Singapore | 0.0% |
| 201 | Slovakia | 0.0% |
| 202 | Vietnam | 0.0% |
| 203 | Slovenia | 0.0% |
| 204 | Spain | 0.0% |
| 205 | Sweden | 0.0% |
| 206 | Switzerland | 0.0% |
| 207 | Thailand | 0.0% |
| 208 | Tokelau | 0.0% |
| 209 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% |
| 210 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% |
| 211 | Egypt | 0.0% |
| 212 | United Kingdom | 0.0% |
| 213 | Guernsey | 0.0% |
| 214 | Jersey | 0.0% |
| 215 | Isle of Man | 0.0% |
| 216 | United States of America | 0.0% |
| 217 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.0% |
| 218 | Uruguay | 0.0% |
| 219 | Albania | 0.0% |
| 220 | Andorra | 0.0% |
| 221 | Australia | 0.0% |
| 222 | Austria | 0.0% |
| 223 | Bahrain | 0.0% |
| 224 | Bangladesh | 0.0% |
| 225 | Barbados | 0.0% |
| 226 | Belgium | 0.0% |
| 227 | Bermuda | 0.0% |
| 228 | Bhutan | 0.0% |
| 229 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% |
| 230 | Brazil | 0.0% |
| 231 | Virgin Islands, British | 0.0% |
| 232 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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