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People practicing open defecation (% of population) — series 2

Name: People practicing open defecation (% of population) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: demographic, % of population, people, practicing, open, defecation, population, series

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•214 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

5.1% of population

Median: 0.1% of population

Countries Covered

214

with available data

Highest

Eritrea

67.0% of population

Lowest

Brunei Darussalam

0.0% of population

Top 5 Countries

1Eritrea67.0% of population

2Niger66.0% of population

3South Sudan62.8% of population

4Chad62.2% of population

5Benin47.0% of population

By Region

Africa9.3% of population(9 countries)

Other7.1% of population(134 countries)

Asia1.4% of population(26 countries)

South America1.0% of population(7 countries)

North America0.2% of 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 population)High (67.0% of population)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 5.1% of population)

Africa (9)

Other (134)

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

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Eritrea	67.0% of population
2	Niger	66.0% of population
3	South Sudan	62.8% of population
4	Chad	62.2% of population
5	Benin	47.0% of population
6	Solomon Islands	45.3% of population
7	Namibia	34.7% of population
8	Liberia	33.9% of population
9	Sao Tome and Principe	33.3% of population
10	Kiribati	32.4% of population
11	Togo	32.2% of population
12	Burkina Faso	29.9% of population
13	Madagascar	27.0% of population
14	Angola	25.7% of population
15	Central African Republic	24.7% of population
16	Nigeria	18.0% of population
17	Ghana	17.8% of population
18	Haiti	17.5% of population
19	Cote d'Ivoire	16.7% of population
20	Sudan	16.4% of population
21	Ethiopia	16.2% of population
22	Mauritania	16.2% of population
23	Mozambique	16.0% of population
24	Djibouti	15.9% of population
25	Papua New Guinea	15.6% of population
26	Sierra Leone	15.3% of population
27	Lesotho	14.8% of population
28	Somalia	14.4% of population
29	Zimbabwe	12.6% of population
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11.7% of population
31	Afghanistan	11.2% of population
32	Micronesia, Federated States of	9.5% of population
33	Lao People's Democratic Republic	8.7% of population
34	Republic of the Congo	8.4% of population
35	Pakistan	8.2% of population
36	Timor-Leste	7.9% of population
37	Guinea-Bissau	7.7% of population
38	Bolivia	7.1% of population
39	Marshall Islands	6.8% of population
40	United Republic of Tanzania	6.8% of population
41	Myanmar	6.7% of population
42	India	6.7% of population
43	Saint Lucia	6.2% of population
44	Senegal	6.1% of population
45	Kenya	5.9% of population
46	Dominica	5.6% of population
47	Botswana	5.4% of population
48	Cambodia	5.2% of population
49	Vanuatu	5.0% of population
50	Yemen	4.9% of population
51	Guinea	4.7% of population
52	Cameroon	4.4% of population
53	Mongolia	4.3% of population
54	Mali	3.9% of population
55	Grenada	3.5% of population
56	Uganda	3.5% of population
57	Cape Verde	3.4% of population
58	Honduras	3.4% of population
59	Panama	3.1% of population
60	Venezuela	3.0% of population
61	Equatorial Guinea	2.9% of population
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.5% of population
63	Indonesia	2.3% of population
64	Philippines	2.2% of population
65	Colombia	2.1% of population
66	Zambia	2.0% of population
67	Burundi	2.0% of population
68	Malawi	1.9% of population
69	Peru	1.9% of population
70	Tuvalu	1.8% of population
71	Comoros	1.8% of population
72	Ecuador	1.7% of population
73	Dominican Republic	1.7% of population
74	Argentina	1.5% of population
75	Gabon	1.3% of population
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.3% of population
77	Suriname	1.2% of population
78	El Salvador	1.2% of population
79	Rwanda	1.1% of population
80	Guatemala	1.0% of population
81	Aruba	0.9% of population
82	Nauru	0.8% of population
83	Guam	0.7% of population
84	American Samoa	0.7% of population
85	Syrian Arab Republic	0.7% of population
86	Jamaica	0.6% of population
87	Belize	0.6% of population
88	Libya	0.6% of population
89	Nepal	0.5% of population
90	Tajikistan	0.5% of population
91	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.4% of population
92	Eswatini	0.4% of population
93	Malaysia	0.3% of population
94	Paraguay	0.3% of population
95	South Africa	0.3% of population
96	Curaçao	0.3% of population
97	Mauritius	0.3% of population
98	Tunisia	0.2% of population
99	Croatia	0.2% of population
100	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2% of population
101	Cuba	0.2% of population
102	Northern Mariana Islands	0.2% of population
103	Samoa	0.2% of population
104	Antigua and Barbuda	0.1% of population
105	Türkiye	0.1% of population
106	Moldova, Republic of	0.1% of population
107	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0.1% of population
108	State of Palestine	0.1% of population
109	Bahamas	0.1% of population
110	Saudi Arabia	0.1% of population
111	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.1% of population
112	Tonga	0.1% of population
113	Qatar	0.1% of population
114	Costa Rica	0.1% of population
115	Serbia	0.1% of population
116	Morocco	0.1% of population
117	Jordan	0.1% of population
118	Uzbekistan	0.0% of population
119	Republic of The Gambia	0.0% of population
120	Montenegro	0.0% of population
121	Algeria	0.0% of population
122	Azerbaijan	0.0% of population
123	Guyana	0.0% of population
124	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.0% of population
125	Armenia	0.0% of population
126	Iraq	0.0% of population
127	Georgia	0.0% of population
128	Ukraine	0.0% of population
129	Bulgaria	0.0% of population
130	Belarus	0.0% of population
131	Canada	0.0% of population
132	Cayman Islands	0.0% of population
133	Sri Lanka	0.0% of population
134	Chile	0.0% of population
135	People's Republic of China	0.0% of population
136	Cyprus	0.0% of population
137	Czech Republic	0.0% of population
138	Denmark	0.0% of population
139	Estonia	0.0% of population
140	Faroe Islands	0.0% of population
141	Fiji	0.0% of population
142	Finland	0.0% of population
143	France	0.0% of population
144	French Polynesia	0.0% of population
145	Germany	0.0% of population
146	Gibraltar	0.0% of population
147	Greece	0.0% of population
148	Greenland	0.0% of population
149	Hong Kong	0.0% of population
150	Hungary	0.0% of population
151	Iceland	0.0% of population
152	Ireland	0.0% of population
153	Israel	0.0% of population
154	Italy	0.0% of population
155	Japan	0.0% of population
156	Kazakhstan	0.0% of population
157	North Korea	0.0% of population
158	South Korea	0.0% of population
159	Kuwait	0.0% of population
160	Kyrgyzstan	0.0% of population
161	Lebanon	0.0% of population
162	Latvia	0.0% of population
163	Liechtenstein	0.0% of population
164	Lithuania	0.0% of population
165	Luxembourg	0.0% of population
166	Macao	0.0% of population
167	Maldives	0.0% of population
168	Malta	0.0% of population
169	Mexico	0.0% of population
170	Monaco	0.0% of population
171	Oman	0.0% of population
172	Netherlands	0.0% of population
173	New Caledonia	0.0% of population
174	New Zealand	0.0% of population
175	Norway	0.0% of population
176	Palau	0.0% of population
177	Poland	0.0% of population
178	Portugal	0.0% of population
179	Puerto Rico	0.0% of population
180	Romania	0.0% of population
181	Russian Federation	0.0% of population
182	Saint Martin (French part)	0.0% of population
183	San Marino	0.0% of population
184	Seychelles	0.0% of population
185	Singapore	0.0% of population
186	Slovakia	0.0% of population
187	Vietnam	0.0% of population
188	Slovenia	0.0% of population
189	Spain	0.0% of population
190	Sweden	0.0% of population
191	Switzerland	0.0% of population
192	Thailand	0.0% of population
193	United Arab Emirates	0.0% of population
194	Turkmenistan	0.0% of population
195	Egypt	0.0% of population
196	United Kingdom	0.0% of population
197	Isle of Man	0.0% of population
198	United States of America	0.0% of population
199	Virgin Islands, U.S.	0.0% of population
200	Uruguay	0.0% of population
201	Albania	0.0% of population
202	Andorra	0.0% of population
203	Australia	0.0% of population
204	Austria	0.0% of population
205	Bahrain	0.0% of population
206	Bangladesh	0.0% of population
207	Barbados	0.0% of population
208	Belgium	0.0% of population
209	Bermuda	0.0% of population
210	Bhutan	0.0% of population
211	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0% of population
212	Brazil	0.0% of population
213	Virgin Islands, British	0.0% of population
214	Brunei Darussalam	0.0% of population

Showing 214 of 214 countries

Topics

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Data Source

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

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