Botswana vs Kenya: People practicing open defecation

Botswana

5.4%

in 2024

Kenya

5.9%

in 2024

Botswana rank

47th

Kenya rank

45th

People practicing open defecation over time

Botswana
Kenya

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 5.9% against 5.4% in Botswana, a difference of 0.5%.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Botswana ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 47th and Kenya ranks 45th of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: People practicing open defecation (% of population)
Unit: % of population
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 261 places, 6,240 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.