Indian states and union territories ranked by prevalence of open defecation

This is a list of Indian states and territories ranked by their relative prevalence of open defecation in both urban and rural areas. Figures are from a national sanitation survey conducted from May-June 2015 by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, and released in April 2016. Results from states and union territories with less than 20 initial sampling groups (first stage units) have their results grouped with the national average.^[1]

Rank	India/State/Union Territory	Open defecation prevalence in rural areas (%)	Open defecation prevalence in urban areas (%)	Overall average prevalence (rural and urban) (%)
1	Sikkim	0.0	-	0.0
2	Mizoram	0.4	0.6	0.5
3	Nagaland	2.0	0.6	1.3
4	Kerala	2.3	1.2	1.75
5	Meghalaya	3.6	0.7	2.15
6	Manipur	4.2	3.1	3.65
7	Assam	6.2	2.1	4.15
8	Punjab	7.1	1.8	4.45
9	Himachal Pradesh	8.5	0.5	4.5
10	Uttarakhand	12.5	0.5	6.5
11	Haryana	11.4	2.6	7.0
12	Telangana	24.1	2.4	13.25
13	Jammu and Kashmir	35.4	5.6	20.5
14	West Bengal	34.9	7.5	21.2
15	Maharashtra	42.8	6.9	24.85
16	Gujarat	47.1	2.8	24.95
17	Andhra Pradesh	41.0	10.5	25.75
Avg.	INDIA	52.1	7.5	29.8
18	Tamil Nadu	54.1	9.6	31.85
19	Karnataka	53.1	13.2	33.15
20	Uttar Pradesh	65.9	6.4	36.15
21	Rajasthan	62.7	9.8	36.25
22	Chhattisgarh	67.5	9.6	38.55
23	Bihar	69.9	13.4	41.65
24	Madhya Pradesh	74.3	12.2	43.25
25	Odisha	73.3	13.7	43.5
26	Jharkhand	81.3	23.5	52.4
N/A	Puducherry	-	2.3	-

References

1. "Table 16 R/U: Percentage of persons in respective age categories going for open defecation, Swachhta Status Report 2016" (PDF). Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.