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People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

Name: People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) by country, 2024
Creator: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Niger	78.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Chad	77.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	South Sudan	75.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Benin	65.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
5	Solomon Islands	58.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
6	Liberia	57.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Namibia	53.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
8	Togo	50.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
9	Kiribati	49.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
10	Sao Tome and Principe	43.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
11	Burkina Faso	42.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Central African Republic	38.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Madagascar	36.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Mauritania	36.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Nigeria	31.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Cote d'Ivoire	31	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
17	Ghana	30.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	26.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Bolivia	24.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
20	Sierra Leone	24.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Sudan	24.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
22	Mozambique	23.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
23	Ethiopia	20.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
24	Lesotho	19.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
25	Congo, Dem. Rep.	18.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	Zimbabwe	18.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Marshall Islands	18.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
28	Papua New Guinea	17.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
29	Botswana	16.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
30	Afghanistan	15.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
31	Lao PDR	14.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
32	Guinea-Bissau	14.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Mongolia	13.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
34	Pakistan	13	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
35	Timor-Leste	11.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
36	Senegal	11.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	India	10.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
38	Tanzania	10.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Cabo Verde	10.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
40	Colombia	9.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
41	Panama	9.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
42	Cameroon	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
43	Myanmar	9.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
44	Kenya	8.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
45	Yemen, Rep.	8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
46	Peru	7.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Guinea	7.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
48	Cambodia	7.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
49	Honduras	7	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
50	Mali	6.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
51	Vanuatu	6.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
52	Dominican Republic	5.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
53	Ecuador	4.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
54	Uganda	4.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
55	Indonesia	3.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
56	Philippines	3.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
57	Zambia	3.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	Suriname	3.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Gabon	2.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
60	El Salvador	2.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
61	Burundi	2.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
62	Malawi	2.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	Tuvalu	2.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
64	Comoros	2.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
65	Guatemala	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
66	Rwanda	1.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
67	Paraguay	0.94	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
68	Turkiye	0.61	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
69	Saudi Arabia	0.59	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
70	West Bank and Gaza	0.58	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
71	Cuba	0.45	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
72	Belize	0.44	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
73	Jamaica	0.36	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
74	North Macedonia	0.27	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
75	Mauritius	0.27	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
76	Trinidad and Tobago	0.24	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
77	Moldova	0.23	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
78	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.23	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
79	Montenegro	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
80	Costa Rica	0.11	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
81	Jordan	0.11	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
82	Uzbekistan	0.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
83	Samoa	0.09	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
84	Tonga	0.08	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
85	Serbia	0.07	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
86	Azerbaijan	0.06	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
87	Armenia	0.03	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
88	Ukraine	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Tunisia	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
90	Cyprus	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
91	Czechia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
92	Germany	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	Denmark	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
94	Uruguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
95	Algeria	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
96	China	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
97	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
98	Chile	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
99	Spain	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
100	Estonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Finland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	United States	0	North America	High income
103	Switzerland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
104	Fiji	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
105	France	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Canada	0	North America	High income
107	United Kingdom	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
108	Turkmenistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
109	Georgia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
110	Gambia, The	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
111	Thailand	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
112	Greece	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Bhutan	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
114	Guyana	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
115	Brazil	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
116	Hungary	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Ireland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
118	Iraq	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
119	Eswatini	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
120	Iceland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	Israel	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
122	Viet Nam	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
123	Belarus	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
124	Italy	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Sweden	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
126	Bulgaria	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
127	Kazakhstan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
128	Slovak Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
129	Bangladesh	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
130	Kyrgyz Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
131	Sri Lanka	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
132	Belgium	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Lithuania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
134	Luxembourg	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
135	Latvia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Morocco	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
137	Maldives	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
138	Mexico	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
139	Austria	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Malta	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
141	Antigua and Barbuda	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
142	South Africa	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
143	United Arab Emirates	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
144	Russian Federation	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	Andorra	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Netherlands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Norway	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	Nepal	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
149	Romania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	New Zealand	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
151	Albania	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
152	Oman	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
153	Poland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Portugal	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	Palau	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)