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People practicing open defecation (% of 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 Niger 67.85 2017
2 Eritrea 67.00 2016
3 Chad 66.99 2017
4 Benin 53.83 2017
5 Solomon Islands 53.69 2017
6 Namibia 48.71 2017
7 Togo 47.69 2017
8 São Tomé and Principe 47.43 2017
9 Burkina Faso 46.67 2017
10 Madagascar 44.58 2017
11 Liberia 39.61 2017
12 Mauritania 31.93 2017
13 Cambodia 31.75 2017
14 Kiribati 28.45 2017
15 Somalia 27.53 2017
16 Mozambique 27.41 2017
17 Lesotho 27.28 2017
18 Côte d'Ivoire 25.74 2017
19 India 25.73 2017
20 Zimbabwe 24.93 2017
21 Sudan 24.31 2017
22 Central African Republic 23.75 2016
23 Ethiopia 22.35 2017
24 Nepal 21.49 2017
25 Lao PDR 20.68 2017
26 Cabo Verde 20.17 2017
27 Angola 19.92 2017
28 Haiti 19.88 2017
29 Nigeria 19.80 2017
30 Yemen 19.57 2017
31 Timor-Leste 19.52 2017
32 Zambia 19.30 2017
33 Ghana 18.06 2017
34 Sierra Leone 17.62 2017
35 Djibouti 17.32 2017
36 Guinea-Bissau 16.87 2017
37 Papua New Guinea 14.47 2017
38 Guinea 14.35 2017
39 Senegal 13.75 2017
40 Bolivia 13.30 2017
41 Afghanistan 12.74 2017
42 Dem. Rep. Congo 12.05 2017
43 Tanzania 11.75 2017
44 Botswana 11.03 2017
45 Pakistan 10.43 2017
46 Kenya 10.34 2017
47 Mongolia 10.32 2017
48 Indonesia 9.68 2017
49 Myanmar 9.42 2017
50 Congo 8.75 2017