People practicing open defecation in Comoros
Comoros: People practicing open defecation was 1.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People practicing open defecation in Comoros, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2024, people practicing open defecation in Comoros stood at 1.8%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 36.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation in Comoros peaked at 1.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2000.
Comoros ranks 71st of 214 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 5 |
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More health data for Comoros
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 8,751 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 8,208 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 8,886 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 8,463 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 9,157 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 9,039 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 9,308 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 9,669 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 4.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 9,422 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation in Comoros?
- People practicing open defecation in Comoros was 1.8% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people practicing open defecation recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2000.
- How does Comoros rank for people practicing open defecation?
- Comoros ranks 71st out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People practicing open defecation (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.