Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2014 to 2023 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

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Closest to Korea, Dem. People's Rep. in the 2023 ranking

• Haiti — 1st of 4: 8.12%
• Djibouti — 2nd of 4: 2.71%
• Tajikistan — 3rd of 4: 0.22%

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 22 values

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in nearby economies

• Cambodia — 0% (2024)
• China — 0% (2024)
• Fiji — 0% (2024)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 0% (2024)
• Indonesia — 1.22% (2024)
• Kiribati — 20% (2024)
• Lao PDR — 0% (2024)
• Macao SAR, China — 0% (2024)
• Malaysia

More health data for Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 6.13% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 6.61% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 2.45 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 18.24% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 2.58 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 19.63% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 5.03 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 18.93% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)

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Questions people ask

What is Korea, Dem. People's Rep.'s people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)?

0% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is unchanged since 2002. The highest value was 0% in 2002 and the lowest 0% in 2002.

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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