Timor-Leste'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 down 6.64 percentage points from 6.64% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 1.71% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 6.64% | 2014 |
| Highest | 18.46% | 2002 |
| Lowest | 0% | 2021 |
| Average since 2015 | 1.91% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 18.46% | 2002 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Timor-Leste's people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) did not change 0 percentage points on 2023 (from 0% to 0%).
Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2023), the average change was −0.88 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.3 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly fall was 0.99 percentage points in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.67 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 90% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Timor-Leste 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Timor-Leste | 0% | 2024 |
| World | 0.69% | 2024 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 0.22% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 1.58% | 2024 |
Closest to Timor-Leste in the 2024 ranking
- Sweden — 155th of 168: 0%
- Switzerland — 156th of 168: 0%
- Thailand — 157th of 168: 0%
- Turkmenistan — 159th of 168: 0%
- Ukraine — 160th of 168: 0%
- United Arab Emirates — 161st 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 23 values
| Year | People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.7236 |
| 2019 | 1.71 |
| 2018 | 2.69 |
| 2017 | 3.68 |
| 2016 | 4.67 |
| 2015 | 5.65 |
| 2014 |
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)
- Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 0% (2023)
- Lao PDR — 0% (2024)
- Macao SAR, China
More health data for Timor-Leste
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 10.28% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 10.67% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 230,489 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 32.77% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 239,254 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 33.45% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 469,743 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 33.12% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 11.68% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Timor-Leste'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 2002?
- It is down 18.46 percentage points from 18.46% in 2002. The highest value was 18.46% in 2002 and the lowest 0% in 2021.
- How does Timor-Leste rank?
- 83rd highest of 168 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in people practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) unusual for Timor-Leste?
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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