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