People practicing open defecation in Mongolia
Mongolia: People practicing open defecation was 4.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People practicing open defecation in Mongolia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people practicing open defecation in Mongolia is 4.3%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.6% on the previous year and down 51.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation in Mongolia peaked at 19.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2024.
Mongolia ranks 53rd of 214 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.6% | 11.6% | 19.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.7% | 6.6% | 10.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.2% | 4.3% | 6.1% | 5 |
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More health data for Mongolia
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 24,241 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 21,449 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 41,061 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 40,186 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 42,922 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 25,858 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 27,878 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 24,082 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, male, interpolated 23,042 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 22,554 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation in Mongolia?
- People practicing open defecation in Mongolia was 4.3% 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 19.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2024.
- How does Mongolia rank for people practicing open defecation?
- Mongolia ranks 53rd out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people practicing open defecation rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.