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People practicing open defecation (% of population)

[%] · lower is better · 189 countries

INFORM (European Commission JRC and partners) (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0updated 2026
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  1. 1Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0
  2. 1Albania0
  3. 1United Arab Emirates0
  4. 1Australia0
  5. 1Austria0
  6. 1Belgium0
  7. 1Bangladesh0
  8. 1Bulgaria0
  9. 1Bahrain0
  10. 1Bosnia and Herzegovina0
  11. 1Belarus0
  12. 1Brazil0
  13. 1Barbados0
  14. 1Brunei Darussalam0
  15. 1Bhutan0
  16. 1Canada0
  17. 1Switzerland0
  18. 1Chile0
  19. 1China0
  20. 1Cyprus0
  21. 1Czechia0
  22. 1Germany0
  23. 1Denmark0
  24. 1Egypt, Arab Rep.0
  25. 1Spain0
  26. 1Estonia0
  27. 1Finland0
  28. 1Fiji0
  29. 1France0
  30. 1United Kingdom0
  31. 1Greece0
  32. 1Hungary0
  33. 1Ireland0
  34. 1Iceland0
  35. 1Israel0
  36. 1Italy0
  37. 1Japan0
  38. 1Kazakhstan0
  39. 1Kyrgyz Republic0
  40. 1Korea, Rep.0
  41. 1Kuwait0
  42. 1Lebanon0
  43. 1Liechtenstein0
  44. 1Sri Lanka0
  45. 1Lithuania0
  46. 1Luxembourg0
  47. 1Latvia0
  48. 1Maldives0
  49. 1Mexico0
  50. 1Malta0
  51. 1Netherlands0
  52. 1Norway0
  53. 1New Zealand0
  54. 1Oman0
  55. 1Palau0
  56. 1Poland0
  57. 1Portugal0
  58. 1Romania0
  59. 1Russian Federation0
  60. 1Singapore0
  61. 1Slovak Republic0
  62. 1Slovenia0
  63. 1Sweden0
  64. 1Seychelles0
  65. 1Thailand0
  66. 1Turkmenistan0
  67. 1Uruguay0
  68. 1United States0
  69. 1Viet Nam0
  70. 2Ukraine0
  71. 3Georgia0
  72. 4Iraq0
  73. 5Armenia0.01
  74. 6Guyana0.01
  75. 7Azerbaijan0.03
  76. 8Algeria0.04
  77. 9Montenegro0.04
  78. 10Gambia, The0.05
  79. 11Uzbekistan0.05
  80. 12Jordan0.05
  81. 13Morocco0.05
  82. 14Serbia0.06
  83. 15Costa Rica0.06
  84. 16Qatar0.06
  85. 17Tonga0.08
  86. 18North Macedonia0.11
  87. 19Saudi Arabia0.13
  88. 20Bahamas, The0.13
  89. 21West Bank and Gaza0.13
  90. 22Moldova0.13
  91. 23Turkiye0.14
  92. 24Antigua and Barbuda0.14
  93. 25Samoa0.16
  94. 26Cuba0.17
  95. 27Trinidad and Tobago0.19
  96. 28Croatia0.23
  97. 29Tunisia0.25
  98. 30Mauritius0.25
  99. 31South Africa0.28
  100. 32Paraguay0.34
  101. 33Malaysia0.35
  102. 34Eswatini0.36
  103. 35Iran, Islamic Rep.0.4
  104. 36Tajikistan0.46
  105. 37Nepal0.53
  106. 38Libya0.57
  107. 39Belize0.57
  108. 40Jamaica0.57
  109. 41Syrian Arab Republic0.68
  110. 42Naoero0.82
  111. 43Guatemala0.99
  112. 44Rwanda1.1
  113. 45El Salvador1.2
  114. 46Suriname1.2
  115. 47St. Kitts and Nevis1.3
  116. 48Gabon1.3
  117. 49Dominican Republic1.7
  118. 50Ecuador1.7
  119. 51Comoros1.8
  120. 52Tuvalu1.8
  121. 53Peru1.9
  122. 54Malawi1.9
  123. 55Burundi2
  124. 56Zambia2
  125. 57Colombia2.1
  126. 58Philippines2.2
  127. 59Indonesia2.3
  128. 60St. Vincent and the Grenadines2.5
  129. 61Equatorial Guinea2.9
  130. 62Venezuela, RB3
  131. 63Panama3.1
  132. 64Honduras3.4
  133. 65Cabo Verde3.4
  134. 66Uganda3.5
  135. 67Grenada3.5
  136. 68Mali3.9
  137. 69Mongolia4.3
  138. 70Cameroon4.4
  139. 71Guinea4.7
  140. 72Yemen, Rep.4.9
  141. 73Vanuatu5
  142. 74Cambodia5.2
  143. 75Botswana5.4
  144. 76Dominica5.6
  145. 77Kenya5.9
  146. 78Senegal6.1
  147. 79St. Lucia6.2
  148. 80India6.7
  149. 81Myanmar6.7
  150. 82Tanzania6.8
  151. 83Nicaragua6.8
  152. 84Marshall Islands6.8
  153. 85Bolivia7.1
  154. 86Guinea-Bissau7.7
  155. 87Timor-Leste7.9
  156. 88Pakistan8.2
  157. 89Congo, Rep.8.4
  158. 90Lao PDR8.7
  159. 91Afghanistan11.2
  160. 92Congo, Dem. Rep.11.7
  161. 93Zimbabwe12.6
  162. 94Somalia, Fed. Rep.14.4
  163. 95Lesotho14.8
  164. 96Sierra Leone15.3
  165. 97Papua New Guinea15.6
  166. 98Djibouti15.9
  167. 99Mozambique16
  168. 100Mauritania16.2
  169. 101Ethiopia16.2
  170. 102Sudan16.4
  171. 103Cote d'Ivoire16.7
  172. 104Haiti17.5
  173. 105Ghana17.8
  174. 106Nigeria18
  175. 107Central African Republic24.7
  176. 108Angola25.7
  177. 109Madagascar27
  178. 110Burkina Faso29.9
  179. 111Togo32.2
  180. 112Kiribati32.4
  181. 113Sao Tome and Principe33.3
  182. 114Liberia33.9
  183. 115Namibia34.7
  184. 116Solomon Islands45.3
  185. 117Benin47
  186. 118Chad62.2
  187. 119South Sudan62.8
  188. 120Niger66
  189. 121Eritrea67

People practicing open defecation (% of population)