Cameroon vs Vanuatu: People practicing open defecation

Cameroon

4.4%

in 2024

Vanuatu

5.0%

in 2024

Cameroon rank

52nd

Vanuatu rank

49th

People practicing open defecation over time

Cameroon
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 5.0% against 4.4% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.5%.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

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

Globally, Cameroon ranks 52nd and Vanuatu ranks 49th 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.