People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) - Country Ranking
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 | Eritrea | 88.65 | 2016 |
| 2 | Niger | 79.41 | 2020 |
| 3 | Chad | 78.67 | 2020 |
| 4 | Namibia | 70.87 | 2020 |
| 5 | Benin | 70.45 | 2020 |
| 6 | Togo | 70.04 | 2020 |
| 7 | Djibouti | 64.13 | 2020 |
| 8 | Liberia | 59.09 | 2020 |
| 9 | Mauritania | 58.45 | 2020 |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 58.03 | 2020 |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 54.72 | 2020 |
| 12 | São Tomé and Principe | 54.22 | 2020 |
| 13 | Angola | 54.16 | 2020 |
| 14 | Madagascar | 54.12 | 2020 |
| 15 | Kiribati | 46.80 | 2020 |
| 16 | Somalia | 42.29 | 2020 |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 41.49 | 2020 |
| 18 | Central African Republic | 38.61 | 2020 |
| 19 | Sudan | 36.18 | 2020 |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 34.68 | 2020 |
| 21 | Bolivia | 32.73 | 2020 |
| 22 | Ghana | 31.61 | 2020 |
| 23 | Botswana | 31.50 | 2020 |
| 24 | Haiti | 31.46 | 2020 |
| 25 | Mozambique | 29.98 | 2020 |
| 26 | Nigeria | 29.68 | 2020 |
| 27 | Lesotho | 29.12 | 2020 |
| 28 | Cabo Verde | 26.71 | 2020 |
| 29 | Timor-Leste | 26.52 | 2020 |
| 30 | Lao PDR | 25.88 | 2020 |
| 31 | Cambodia | 25.45 | 2020 |
| 32 | Mongolia | 25.39 | 2020 |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 24.96 | 2020 |
| 34 | Congo | 23.01 | 2020 |
| 35 | India | 22.41 | 2020 |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 20.93 | 2020 |
| 37 | Senegal | 20.43 | 2020 |
| 38 | Zambia | 19.06 | 2020 |
| 39 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 18.85 | 2020 |
| 40 | Guinea | 18.13 | 2020 |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 17.99 | 2020 |
| 43 | Tanzania | 16.07 | 2020 |
| 44 | Yemen | 15.02 | 2020 |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 14.63 | 2020 |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 14.58 | 2020 |
| 47 | Tuvalu | 13.64 | 2018 |
| 48 | Peru | 13.15 | 2020 |
| 49 | Panama | 12.19 | 2020 |
| 50 | Cameroon | 11.93 | 2020 |
| 51 | Pakistan | 11.62 | 2020 |
| 52 | Kenya | 11.30 | 2020 |
| 53 | Colombia | 11.29 | 2020 |
| 54 | Nepal | 11.22 | 2020 |
| 55 | Indonesia | 11.15 | 2020 |
| 56 | Myanmar | 9.78 | 2020 |
| 57 | Mali | 8.52 | 2020 |
| 58 | Honduras | 8.34 | 2020 |
| 59 | Argentina | 7.69 | 2014 |
| 60 | St. Lucia | 7.15 | 2020 |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 5.93 | 2020 |
| 62 | Uganda | 5.61 | 2020 |
| 63 | Philippines | 5.43 | 2020 |
| 64 | Malawi | 5.15 | 2020 |
| 65 | Eswatini | 4.85 | 2020 |
| 66 | Gabon | 4.84 | 2020 |
| 67 | Morocco | 4.75 | 2020 |
| 68 | Vietnam | 3.88 | 2020 |
| 69 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.63 | 2017 |
| 70 | Suriname | 3.25 | 2020 |
| 71 | Guatemala | 3.23 | 2020 |
| 72 | Burundi | 2.92 | 2020 |
| 73 | Ecuador | 2.53 | 2020 |
| 74 | Brazil | 2.35 | 2020 |
| 75 | Rwanda | 2.08 | 2020 |
| 76 | Iran | 1.43 | 2016 |
| 77 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.39 | 2016 |
| 78 | Malaysia | 1.12 | 2016 |
| 79 | El Salvador | 1.12 | 2020 |
| 80 | Paraguay | 0.91 | 2020 |
| 81 | Guyana | 0.83 | 2020 |
| 82 | Cuba | 0.64 | 2020 |
| 83 | Turkey | 0.64 | 2020 |
| 84 | Comoros | 0.62 | 2018 |
| 85 | Jamaica | 0.59 | 2020 |
| 86 | Mexico | 0.50 | 2020 |
| 87 | Belize | 0.44 | 2020 |
| 88 | Jordan | 0.40 | 2020 |
| 89 | North Macedonia | 0.31 | 2020 |
| 90 | China | 0.30 | 2020 |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 0.25 | 2020 |
| 92 | Moldova | 0.23 | 2020 |
| 93 | The Gambia | 0.23 | 2020 |
| 94 | Mauritius | 0.22 | 2017 |
| 95 | Vanuatu | 0.21 | 2020 |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 0.19 | 2019 |
| 97 | Samoa | 0.17 | 2020 |
| 98 | Montenegro | 0.13 | 2020 |
| 99 | Serbia | 0.07 | 2020 |
| 100 | Armenia | 0.03 | 2020 |
| 101 | South Africa | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Belgium | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Canada | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Switzerland | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Bangladesh | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.00 | 2018 |
| 101 | Belarus | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Cyprus | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Germany | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Denmark | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Algeria | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Egypt | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Finland | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Estonia | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Oman | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Palau | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Portugal | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Russia | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Malta | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Netherlands | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Norway | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | United Kingdom | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Greece | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Greenland | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Croatia | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Iraq | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Kyrgyz Republic | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Poland | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Dem. People's Rep. Korea | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Romania | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Uzbekistan | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Sweden | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Thailand | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Turkmenistan | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Tonga | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | New Zealand | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Lithuania | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Latvia | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Ireland | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Czech Republic | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Hungary | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Iceland | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Israel | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Italy | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Bhutan | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Albania | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Andorra | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Austria | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Spain | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Fiji | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | France | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Georgia | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Chile | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Slovak Republic | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Ukraine | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Uruguay | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | United States | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Tunisia | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Tajikistan | 0.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
