Angola - People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Angola was 54.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 66.71 in 2000, while its lowest value was 54.16 in 2018.

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
2000 66.71
2001 66.02
2002 65.32
2003 64.62
2004 63.92
2005 63.23
2006 62.53
2007 61.83
2008 61.14
2009 60.44
2010 59.74
2011 59.04
2012 58.35
2013 57.65
2014 56.95
2015 56.25
2016 55.56
2017 54.86
2018 54.16
2019 54.16
2020 54.16

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors