Arab Region | Open defecation, percentage of population (Arab Countries, 2000–2019)
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.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
445
Source
| Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Iraq | 3.53 |
| 2019 | Iraq | 0 |
| 2020 | Iraq | 0 |
| 2002 | Lebanon | 0.07 |
| 2009 | Lebanon | 0.1 |
| 2011 | Lebanon | 0.1 |
| 2015 | Lebanon | 0.12 |
| 2016 | Lebanon | 0.12 |
| 2002 | Kuwait | 0 |
| 2004 | Kuwait | 0 |
| 2008 | Kuwait | 0 |
| 2017 | Kuwait | 0 |
| 2019 | Kuwait | 0 |
| 2013 | Jordan | 0.12 |
| 2014 | Jordan | 0.11 |
| 2015 | Jordan | 0.11 |
| 2017 | Jordan | 0.11 |
| 2020 | Jordan | 0.11 |
| 2001 | Egypt | 1.64 |
| 2003 | Egypt | 1.44 |
| 2006 | Egypt | 1.13 |
| 2011 | Egypt | 0.62 |
| 2012 | Egypt | 0.36 |
| 2017 | Egypt | 0 |
| 2019 | Egypt | 0 |
| 2003 | Palestine | 0.6 |
| 2004 | Palestine | 0.57 |
| 2005 | Palestine | 0.53 |
| 2008 | Palestine | 0.44 |
| 2014 | Palestine | 0.22 |
| 2020 | Palestine | 0.14 |
| 2004 | Yemen | 29.06 |
| 2007 | Yemen | 25.16 |
| 2008 | Yemen | 23.89 |
| 2014 | Yemen | 16.54 |
| 2015 | Yemen | 15.37 |
| 2018 | Yemen | 11.94 |
| 2005 | Somalia | 49.21 |
| 2014 | Somalia | 32.82 |
| 2005 | Sudan | 48.66 |
| 2009 | Sudan | 39.92 |
| 2010 | Sudan | 37.73 |
| 2011 | Sudan | 35.52 |
| 2014 | Sudan | 28.87 |
| 2017 | Sudan | 24.31 |
| 2005 | Syria | 1.28 |
| 2013 | Syria | 0.69 |
| 2003 | Tunisia | 8.2 |
| 2004 | Tunisia | 7.56 |
| 2010 | Tunisia | 4.01 |
| 2014 | Tunisia | 1.82 |
| 2019 | Tunisia | 0 |
| 2003 | United Arab Emirates | 0 |
| 2004 | United Arab Emirates | 0 |
| 2019 | United Arab Emirates | 0 |
| 2016 | Libya | 0.75 |
| 2017 | Libya | 0.75 |
| 2019 | Libya | 0.75 |
| 2020 | Libya | 0.75 |
| 2003 | Mauritania | 51.1 |
| 2006 | Mauritania | 46.91 |
| 2008 | Mauritania | 44.13 |
| 2010 | Mauritania | 41.37 |
| 2011 | Mauritania | 40 |
| 2013 | Mauritania | 37.27 |
| 2001 | Morocco | 21.95 |
| 2005 | Morocco | 17.99 |
| 2006 | Morocco | 16.73 |
| 2008 | Morocco | 14.29 |
| 2012 | Morocco | 9.7 |
| 2014 | Morocco | 7.56 |
| 2001 | Oman | 3.82 |
| 2002 | Oman | 3.82 |
| 2005 | Oman | 3.72 |
| 2009 | Oman | 1.87 |
| 2012 | Oman | 0.61 |
| 2018 | Oman | 0 |
| 2006 | Qatar | 0 |
| 2017 | Qatar | 0 |
| 2005 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| 2006 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| 2009 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| 2013 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| 2016 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| 2019 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| 2007 | Algeria | 3.55 |
| 2011 | Algeria | 2.27 |
| 2015 | Algeria | 1.16 |
| 2005 | Bahrain | 0 |
| 2009 | Bahrain | 0 |
| 2011 | Bahrain | 0 |
| 2017 | Bahrain | 0 |
| 2018 | Bahrain | 0 |
| 2001 | Comoros | 0.66 |
| 2006 | Comoros | 0.63 |
| 2008 | Comoros | 0.62 |
| 2015 | Comoros | 0.59 |
| 2016 | Comoros | 0.59 |
| 2018 | Comoros | 0.59 |
| 2016 | Djibouti | 16.94 |
Arab Region | Open defecation, percentage of population (Arab Countries, 2000–2019)
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.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
445
Source