American Samoa - People practicing open defecation

People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in American Samoa was 0.701 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 0.728 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.701 in 2017.

Definition: 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.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation (http://www.wssinfo.org/).

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Year Value
2004 0.728
2005 0.728
2006 0.728
2007 0.728
2008 0.728
2009 0.725
2010 0.722
2011 0.719
2012 0.716
2013 0.713
2014 0.710
2015 0.707
2016 0.704
2017 0.701
2018 0.701
2019 0.701
2020 0.701

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors