People practicing open defecation (% of population) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: People practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste.
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation (http://www.wssinfo.org/).
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 68.11 | 2020 |
| 2 | Eritrea | 67.00 | 2016 |
| 3 | Chad | 64.07 | 2020 |
| 4 | Benin | 51.58 | 2020 |
| 5 | Namibia | 47.16 | 2020 |
| 6 | Togo | 45.15 | 2020 |
| 7 | São Tomé and Principe | 42.63 | 2020 |
| 8 | Madagascar | 42.38 | 2020 |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 39.92 | 2020 |
| 10 | Liberia | 37.68 | 2020 |
| 11 | Mauritania | 30.67 | 2020 |
| 12 | Côte d'Ivoire | 25.26 | 2020 |
| 13 | Central African Republic | 25.15 | 2020 |
| 14 | Sudan | 24.01 | 2020 |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 23.50 | 2020 |
| 16 | Somalia | 23.12 | 2020 |
| 17 | Lesotho | 21.99 | 2020 |
| 18 | Mozambique | 20.74 | 2020 |
| 19 | Nigeria | 18.66 | 2020 |
| 20 | Angola | 17.97 | 2020 |
| 21 | Ghana | 17.78 | 2020 |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 17.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Sierra Leone | 16.39 | 2020 |
| 24 | Djibouti | 16.18 | 2020 |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 14.45 | 2020 |
| 26 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 12.03 | 2020 |
| 27 | Guinea | 11.81 | 2020 |
| 28 | Zambia | 11.25 | 2020 |
| 29 | Senegal | 11.25 | 2020 |
| 30 | Tanzania | 10.89 | 2020 |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.33 | 2020 |
| 32 | Botswana | 9.81 | 2020 |
| 33 | Kenya | 8.51 | 2020 |
| 34 | Congo | 8.45 | 2020 |
| 35 | Cameroon | 5.55 | 2020 |
| 36 | Mali | 4.94 | 2020 |
| 37 | Uganda | 4.68 | 2020 |
| 38 | Malawi | 4.46 | 2020 |
| 39 | Eswatini | 3.81 | 2020 |
| 40 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.85 | 2017 |
| 41 | Burundi | 2.58 | 2020 |
| 42 | Gabon | 2.01 | 2020 |
| 43 | Rwanda | 1.97 | 2020 |
| 44 | Morocco | 1.73 | 2020 |
| 45 | Libya | 0.75 | 2020 |
| 46 | Comoros | 0.59 | 2018 |
| 47 | South Africa | 0.22 | 2020 |
| 48 | Mauritius | 0.13 | 2017 |
| 49 | The Gambia | 0.10 | 2020 |
| 50 | Algeria | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Egypt | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Seychelles | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Tunisia | 0.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
