demographic2024

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

Name: People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: demographic, % of rural population, people, practicing, open, defecation, rural, population

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•171 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

9.8% of rural population

Median: 0.4% of rural population

Countries Covered

171

with available data

Highest

Eritrea

88.7% of rural population

Lowest

Brazil

0.0% of rural population

Top 5 Countries

1Eritrea88.7% of rural population

2Niger78.1% of rural population

3Chad77.6% of rural population

4South Sudan75.4% of rural population

5Angola65.5% of rural population

By Region

Africa17.3% of rural population(9 countries)

Other14.4% of rural population(100 countries)

South America4.2% of rural population(7 countries)

Asia3.0% of rural population(19 countries)

North America0.4% of rural population(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% of rural population)High (88.7% of rural population)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 9.8% of rural population)

Africa (9)

Other (100)

South America (7)

Asia (19)

North America (4)

Europe (31)

Oceania (1)

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

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Eritrea	88.7% of rural population
2	Niger	78.1% of rural population
3	Chad	77.6% of rural population
4	South Sudan	75.4% of rural population
5	Angola	65.5% of rural population
6	Benin	65.1% of rural population
7	Djibouti	64.1% of rural population
8	Solomon Islands	58.9% of rural population
9	Liberia	57.5% of rural population
10	Namibia	53.5% of rural population
11	Togo	50.9% of rural population
12	Kiribati	49.7% of rural population
13	Sao Tome and Principe	43.2% of rural population
14	Burkina Faso	42.3% of rural population
15	Central African Republic	38.8% of rural population
16	Madagascar	36.5% of rural population
17	Mauritania	36.3% of rural population
18	Haiti	31.5% of rural population
19	Nigeria	31.2% of rural population
20	Cote d'Ivoire	31.0% of rural population
21	Ghana	30.8% of rural population
22	Somalia	26.4% of rural population
23	Bolivia	24.9% of rural population
24	Sierra Leone	24.8% of rural population
25	Sudan	24.1% of rural population
26	Mozambique	23.5% of rural population
27	Republic of the Congo	23.0% of rural population
28	Ethiopia	20.4% of rural population
29	Lesotho	19.7% of rural population
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	18.8% of rural population
31	Zimbabwe	18.8% of rural population
32	Marshall Islands	18.7% of rural population
33	Papua New Guinea	17.3% of rural population
34	Botswana	16.7% of rural population
35	Afghanistan	15.4% of rural population
36	Lao People's Democratic Republic	14.3% of rural population
37	Guinea-Bissau	14.2% of rural population
38	Mongolia	13.7% of rural population
39	Pakistan	13.0% of rural population
40	Timor-Leste	11.7% of rural population
41	Senegal	11.3% of rural population
42	India	10.7% of rural population
43	United Republic of Tanzania	10.6% of rural population
44	Cape Verde	10.1% of rural population
45	Colombia	9.9% of rural population
46	Panama	9.8% of rural population
47	Cameroon	9.7% of rural population
48	Myanmar	9.6% of rural population
49	Kenya	8.1% of rural population
50	Yemen	8.0% of rural population
51	Argentina	7.7% of rural population
52	Peru	7.2% of rural population
53	Guinea	7.2% of rural population
54	Saint Lucia	7.1% of rural population
55	Cambodia	7.1% of rural population
56	Honduras	7.0% of rural population
57	Mali	6.1% of rural population
58	Vanuatu	6.1% of rural population
59	Dominican Republic	5.1% of rural population
60	Ecuador	4.9% of rural population
61	Uganda	4.2% of rural population
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.0% of rural population
63	Indonesia	3.8% of rural population
64	Equatorial Guinea	3.6% of rural population
65	Philippines	3.2% of rural population
66	Zambia	3.2% of rural population
67	Suriname	3.2% of rural population
68	Gabon	2.6% of rural population
69	El Salvador	2.4% of rural population
70	Burundi	2.3% of rural population
71	Malawi	2.2% of rural population
72	Tuvalu	2.2% of rural population
73	Comoros	2.1% of rural population
74	Islamic Republic of Iran	1.4% of rural population
75	Guatemala	1.4% of rural population
76	Syrian Arab Republic	1.4% of rural population
77	Rwanda	1.3% of rural population
78	Malaysia	1.1% of rural population
79	Paraguay	0.9% of rural population
80	Türkiye	0.6% of rural population
81	Saudi Arabia	0.6% of rural population
82	State of Palestine	0.6% of rural population
83	Tajikistan	0.6% of rural population
84	Cuba	0.5% of rural population
85	Belize	0.4% of rural population
86	Jamaica	0.4% of rural population
87	Croatia	0.4% of rural population
88	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.3% of rural population
89	Mauritius	0.3% of rural population
90	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2% of rural population
91	Moldova, Republic of	0.2% of rural population
92	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.2% of rural population
93	Montenegro	0.1% of rural population
94	Costa Rica	0.1% of rural population
95	Jordan	0.1% of rural population
96	Uzbekistan	0.1% of rural population
97	Samoa	0.1% of rural population
98	Tonga	0.1% of rural population
99	Serbia	0.1% of rural population
100	Azerbaijan	0.1% of rural population
101	Armenia	0.0% of rural population
102	Ukraine	0.0% of rural population
103	Bulgaria	0.0% of rural population
104	Belarus	0.0% of rural population
105	Canada	0.0% of rural population
106	Sri Lanka	0.0% of rural population
107	Chile	0.0% of rural population
108	People's Republic of China	0.0% of rural population
109	Cyprus	0.0% of rural population
110	Czech Republic	0.0% of rural population
111	Denmark	0.0% of rural population
112	Estonia	0.0% of rural population
113	Fiji	0.0% of rural population
114	Finland	0.0% of rural population
115	France	0.0% of rural population
116	Georgia	0.0% of rural population
117	Republic of The Gambia	0.0% of rural population
118	Germany	0.0% of rural population
119	Greece	0.0% of rural population
120	Guyana	0.0% of rural population
121	Hungary	0.0% of rural population
122	Iceland	0.0% of rural population
123	Iraq	0.0% of rural population
124	Ireland	0.0% of rural population
125	Israel	0.0% of rural population
126	Italy	0.0% of rural population
127	Kazakhstan	0.0% of rural population
128	North Korea	0.0% of rural population
129	Kyrgyzstan	0.0% of rural population
130	Latvia	0.0% of rural population
131	Lithuania	0.0% of rural population
132	Luxembourg	0.0% of rural population
133	Maldives	0.0% of rural population
134	Malta	0.0% of rural population
135	Mexico	0.0% of rural population
136	Morocco	0.0% of rural population
137	Oman	0.0% of rural population
138	Nepal	0.0% of rural population
139	Netherlands	0.0% of rural population
140	New Zealand	0.0% of rural population
141	Norway	0.0% of rural population
142	Palau	0.0% of rural population
143	Poland	0.0% of rural population
144	Portugal	0.0% of rural population
145	Romania	0.0% of rural population
146	Russian Federation	0.0% of rural population
147	Slovakia	0.0% of rural population
148	Vietnam	0.0% of rural population
149	South Africa	0.0% of rural population
150	Spain	0.0% of rural population
151	Eswatini	0.0% of rural population
152	Sweden	0.0% of rural population
153	Switzerland	0.0% of rural population
154	Thailand	0.0% of rural population
155	United Arab Emirates	0.0% of rural population
156	Tunisia	0.0% of rural population
157	Turkmenistan	0.0% of rural population
158	Egypt	0.0% of rural population
159	United Kingdom	0.0% of rural population
160	United States of America	0.0% of rural population
161	Uruguay	0.0% of rural population
162	Albania	0.0% of rural population
163	Algeria	0.0% of rural population
164	Andorra	0.0% of rural population
165	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0% of rural population
166	Austria	0.0% of rural population
167	Bangladesh	0.0% of rural population
168	Belgium	0.0% of rural population
169	Bhutan	0.0% of rural population
170	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0% of rural population
171	Brazil	0.0% of rural population

Showing 171 of 171 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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