Bulgaria's people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) was 0% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is unchanged since 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 0% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 0% | 2014 |
| Highest | 0% | 2000 |
| Lowest | 0% | 2000 |
| Average since 2015 | 0% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 0% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Bulgaria had the 83rd highest value of the 168 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 0% | 2024 |
| World | 0.69% | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 0.000957% | 2024 |
| High income | 0.00247% | 2024 |
Closest to Bulgaria in the 2024 ranking
- Bolivia — 95th of 168: 0%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 96th of 168: 0%
- Brazil — 97th of 168: 0%
- Cambodia — 99th of 168: 0%
- Canada — 100th of 168: 0%
- Cayman Islands — 101st of 168: 0%
What this measures
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.
Limitations: National, regional and income group estimates are made when data are available for at least 50 percent of the population.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2014 |
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in nearby economies
- Albania — 0% (2024)
- Andorra — 0% (2024)
- Armenia — 0% (2024)
- Austria — 0% (2024)
- Azerbaijan — 0% (2024)
- Belarus — 0% (2024)
- Belgium — 0% (2024)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 0% (2024)
- Croatia — 0.13% (2021)
More health data for Bulgaria
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.3% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 4.85% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 450,175 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 13.56% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 476,203 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 15.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 926,378 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 14.4% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 4.5% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bulgaria's people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)?
- 0% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is unchanged since 2000. The highest value was 0% in 2000 and the lowest 0% in 2000.
- How does Bulgaria rank?
- 83rd highest of 168 economies with data for 2024.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: washdata.org, publisher: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), date accessed: 2025-09-30, date published: 2025-08….
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.ODFC.UR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: washdata.org, publisher: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), date accessed: 2025-09-30, date published: 2025-08… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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