Share of openly defecating households 2014-2018 by select state
This statistic compares the survey results from four states in India regarding the share of households defecating in the open in 2014 and 2018. It can be seen that the share of open defecation in the four states reduced from 70 percent in 2014 to 44 percent in 2018. The biggest improvements were seen in Madhya Pradesh with 25 percent people defecating in the open in 2018 compared to the 68 percent people in 2014.