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Open defecation by country 2024 | worldgovdata
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214 countries · 2000–2024
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2024
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
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184 of 184
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
India
97.69M
2
Nigeria
41.78M
3
Ethiopia
21.44M
4
Pakistan
20.53M
5
Niger
17.84M
6
Congo, Dem. Rep.
12.75M
7
Chad
12.63M
8
Madagascar
8.63M
9
Sudan
8.27M
10
South Sudan
7.5M
11
Burkina Faso
7.03M
12
Benin
6.8M
13
Indonesia
6.48M
14
Ghana
6.13M
15
Mozambique
5.55M
16
Cote d'Ivoire
5.33M
17
Afghanistan
4.76M
18
Tanzania
4.64M
19
Myanmar
3.68M
20
Kenya
3.34M
21
Togo
3.06M
22
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
2.75M
23
Philippines
2.52M
24
Zimbabwe
2.1M
25
Yemen, Rep.
1.99M
26
Liberia
1.9M
27
Uganda
1.77M
28
Papua New Guinea
1.65M
29
Sierra Leone
1.33M
30
Central African Republic
1.32M
31
Cameroon
1.29M
32
Senegal
1.14M
33
Colombia
1.11M
34
Namibia
1.05M
35
Mali
946,504.1
36
Cambodia
924,669.9
37
Bolivia
880,645.5
38
Mauritania
836,670.8
39
Guinea
687,093.9
40
Lao PDR
678,318.3
41
Peru
657,878.9
42
Zambia
435,970
43
Malawi
420,943.6
44
Solomon Islands
371,399.7
45
Honduras
369,234.5
46
Lesotho
345,039.1
47
Ecuador
310,091.5
48
Burundi
277,303
49
Dominican Republic
191,205.4
50
Guatemala
182,469
51
South Africa
177,162.1
52
Guinea-Bissau
170,302
53
Rwanda
160,207.7
54
Nepal
158,098.5
55
Mongolia
149,597.4
56
Panama
138,982.9
57
Botswana
136,776
58
Turkiye
122,851.9
59
Timor-Leste
110,406.7
60
Sao Tome and Principe
78,551.1
61
El Salvador
75,816.6
62
Kiribati
43,532.1
63
Saudi Arabia
42,626.7
64
Libya
41,969.1
65
Gabon
33,996.2
66
Tunisia
30,561
67
Paraguay
23,685.2
68
Morocco
20,780.5
69
Cuba
18,569.3
70
Algeria
18,106.6
71
Uzbekistan
17,953.3
72
Cabo Verde
17,945.2
73
Jamaica
16,324.6
74
Vanuatu
16,270.8
75
Comoros
15,684.5
76
Suriname
7,662.6
77
West Bank and Gaza
7,007.3
78
Jordan
6,152.8
79
Eswatini
4,464
80
Moldova
3,994.1
81
Serbia
3,907.6
82
Mauritius
3,204
83
Costa Rica
3,166.7
84
Trinidad and Tobago
2,936.5
85
Azerbaijan
2,729.7
86
Marshall Islands
2,562.1
87
Iraq
2,072.9
88
North Macedonia
1,957.5
89
Qatar
1,934.4
90
Gambia, The
1,335.3
91
Aruba
927
92
Ukraine
432.7
93
Samoa
338.9
94
Armenia
312.4
95
Montenegro
256.1
96
Tuvalu
176.4
97
Georgia
134.3
98
Antigua and Barbuda
133.8
99
Guyana
109.9
100
Naoero
98.3
101
Tonga
88.5
102
Northern Mariana Islands
70.7
103
Turks and Caicos Islands
6
104
Sweden
0
105
Seychelles
0
106
Thailand
0
107
Turkmenistan
0
108
Palau
0
109
Poland
0
110
Oman
0
111
Puerto Rico (US)
0
112
Portugal
0
113
New Zealand
0
114
French Polynesia
0
115
Romania
0
116
Russian Federation
0
117
Singapore
0
118
Viet Nam
0
119
San Marino
0
120
Norway
0
121
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0
122
United States
0
123
Netherlands
0
124
Slovak Republic
0
125
Slovenia
0
126
Uruguay
0
127
Latvia
0
128
Hong Kong SAR, China
0
129
Cayman Islands
0
130
Macao SAR, China
0
131
Switzerland
0
132
Kuwait
0
133
Andorra
0
134
Lebanon
0
135
St. Martin (French part)
0
136
Cyprus
0
137
Luxembourg
0
138
Korea, Rep.
0
139
Bhutan
0
140
United Arab Emirates
0
141
Isle of Man
0
142
Czechia
0
143
Brunei Darussalam
0
144
Germany
0
145
Chile
0
146
Monaco
0
147
Barbados
0
148
Brazil
0
149
Denmark
0
150
Kyrgyz Republic
0
151
Lithuania
0
152
Bermuda
0
153
Sri Lanka
0
154
China
0
155
Ireland
0
156
Gibraltar
0
157
Maldives
0
158
Belarus
0
159
Australia
0
160
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
161
Liechtenstein
0
162
Mexico
0
163
New Caledonia
0
164
Kazakhstan
0
165
Austria
0
166
Israel
0
167
Belgium
0
168
Spain
0
169
Japan
0
170
Bahrain
0
171
Estonia
0
172
France
0
173
Bulgaria
0
174
United Kingdom
0
175
Fiji
0
176
Bangladesh
0
177
Finland
0
178
Iceland
0
179
Malta
0
180
Albania
0
181
Italy
0
182
Canada
0
183
Hungary
0
184
Greece
0
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