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Countries Ranked by People practicing open defecation (% of population)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: SH.STA.ODFC.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported people practicing open defecation (% of population) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 184 countries reporting, the median value is 0.05, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Solomon Islands

45.34

Europe & Central Asia

Turkiye

0.14

Latin America & Caribbean

Bolivia

7.09

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Afghanistan

11.17

North America

Canada

0.00

South Asia

India

6.73

Sub-Saharan Africa

Niger

65.98

Rank Country People practicing open defecation (% of population)
1 Niger 65.98
2 South Sudan 62.80
3 Chad 62.22
4 Benin 47.04
5 Solomon Islands 45.34
6 Namibia 34.68
7 Liberia 33.92
8 Sao Tome and Principe 33.35
9 Kiribati 32.36
10 Togo 32.19
11 Burkina Faso 29.87
12 Madagascar 27.01
13 Central African Republic 24.72
14 Nigeria 17.96
15 Ghana 17.79
16 Cote d'Ivoire 16.69
17 Sudan 16.39
18 Ethiopia 16.23
19 Mauritania 16.19
20 Mozambique 16.04
21 Papua New Guinea 15.64
22 Sierra Leone 15.35
23 Lesotho 14.76
24 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 14.44
25 Zimbabwe 12.63
26 Congo, Dem. Rep. 11.66
27 Afghanistan 11.17
28 Lao PDR 8.73
29 Pakistan 8.17
30 Timor-Leste 7.88
31 Guinea-Bissau 7.74
32 Bolivia 7.09
33 Marshall Islands 6.82
34 Tanzania 6.76
35 Myanmar 6.75
36 India 6.73
37 Senegal 6.14
38 Kenya 5.91
39 Botswana 5.43
40 Cambodia 5.24
41 Vanuatu 4.96
42 Yemen, Rep. 4.90
43 Guinea 4.66
44 Cameroon 4.44
45 Mongolia 4.30
46 Mali 3.87
47 Uganda 3.53
48 Cabo Verde 3.42
49 Honduras 3.41
50 Panama 3.08
51 Indonesia 2.29
52 Philippines 2.18
53 Colombia 2.09
54 Zambia 2.05
55 Burundi 1.97
56 Malawi 1.94
57 Peru 1.92
58 Tuvalu 1.83
59 Comoros 1.81
60 Ecuador 1.71
61 Dominican Republic 1.67
62 Gabon 1.34
63 Suriname 1.21
64 El Salvador 1.20
65 Rwanda 1.12
66 Guatemala 0.99
67 Aruba 0.86
68 Nauru 0.82
69 Jamaica 0.57
70 Libya 0.57
71 Nepal 0.53
72 Eswatini 0.36
73 Paraguay 0.34
74 South Africa 0.28
75 Mauritius 0.25
76 Tunisia 0.25
77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.19
78 Cuba 0.17
79 Northern Mariana Islands 0.16
80 Samoa 0.16
81 Antigua and Barbuda 0.14
82 Turkiye 0.14
83 Moldova 0.13
84 West Bank and Gaza 0.13
85 Saudi Arabia 0.13
86 North Macedonia 0.11
87 Tonga 0.08
88 Qatar 0.06
89 Costa Rica 0.06
90 Serbia 0.06
91 Morocco 0.05
92 Jordan 0.05
93 Uzbekistan 0.05
94 Gambia, The 0.05
95 Montenegro 0.04
96 Algeria 0.04
97 Azerbaijan 0.03
98 Guyana 0.01
99 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.01
100 Armenia 0.01
101 Iraq 0.00
102 Georgia 0.00
103 Ukraine 0.00
104 Gibraltar 0.00
105 Germany 0.00
106 French Polynesia 0.00
107 Netherlands 0.00
108 New Caledonia 0.00
109 New Zealand 0.00
110 France 0.00
111 Finland 0.00
112 Fiji 0.00
113 Norway 0.00
114 Oman 0.00
115 Estonia 0.00
116 Palau 0.00
117 Egypt, Arab Rep. 0.00
118 Denmark 0.00
119 Czechia 0.00
120 Cyprus 0.00
121 Poland 0.00
122 Portugal 0.00
123 Puerto Rico (US) 0.00
124 Romania 0.00
125 Russian Federation 0.00
126 China 0.00
127 Chile 0.00
128 San Marino 0.00
129 Cayman Islands 0.00
130 Canada 0.00
131 Seychelles 0.00
132 Bulgaria 0.00
133 Singapore 0.00
134 Slovak Republic 0.00
135 Slovenia 0.00
136 Brunei Darussalam 0.00
137 Brazil 0.00
138 Bhutan 0.00
139 Bermuda 0.00
140 Spain 0.00
141 Sri Lanka 0.00
142 St. Martin (French part) 0.00
143 Belgium 0.00
144 Belarus 0.00
145 Sweden 0.00
146 Switzerland 0.00
147 Barbados 0.00
148 Thailand 0.00
149 Bangladesh 0.00
150 Bahrain 0.00
151 Austria 0.00
152 Turkmenistan 0.00
153 Australia 0.00
154 United Arab Emirates 0.00
155 United Kingdom 0.00
156 United States 0.00
157 Uruguay 0.00
158 Viet Nam 0.00
159 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 0.00
160 Andorra 0.00
161 Kazakhstan 0.00
162 Albania 0.00
163 Korea, Rep. 0.00
164 Kuwait 0.00
165 Kyrgyz Republic 0.00
166 Japan 0.00
167 Latvia 0.00
168 Lebanon 0.00
169 Italy 0.00
170 Israel 0.00
171 Isle of Man 0.00
172 Liechtenstein 0.00
173 Lithuania 0.00
174 Luxembourg 0.00
175 Macao SAR, China 0.00
176 Ireland 0.00
177 Maldives 0.00
178 Iceland 0.00
179 Malta 0.00
180 Hungary 0.00
181 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.00
182 Mexico 0.00
183 Monaco 0.00
184 Greece 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.STA.ODFC.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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