07/02/2026
EBONYI RECORDED NIGERIA'S HIGHEST OPEN DEFECATION RATE
Highest Open Defecation Rates:
1 🟢Ebonyi — 73.3%
2 🟠Plateau — 55.9%
3 🟠Kogi — 55.5%
4 🟣Oyo — 53.7%
5 🟠Kwara — 50%
6 🔴Kebbi — 49.9%
7 🟢Enugu — 48.3%
Lowest Open Defecation Rates:
1 🔴Zamfara — 1.3%
2 🟢Abia — 1.5%
3 ⚫️Borno — 1.8%
4 🔴Kano — 2.2%
5 🟣Lagos — 2.9%
6 🟢Anambra — 2.9%
7 🔴Sokoto — 4.6%
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In the South East region, Abia and Anambra had the lowest open defecation rates.
Yet in the same South East region, Ebonyi recorded the highest rate in the country.
A resident of Ebonyi was 48 times more likely to practice open defecation than a resident of neighbouring Abia.
(UNICEF, 2022)
