Angola - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Angola was 17.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 42.87 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.97 in 2020.

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 42.87
2001 41.41
2002 39.95
2003 38.49
2004 37.01
2005 35.53
2006 34.25
2007 32.96
2008 31.67
2009 30.37
2010 29.07
2011 27.77
2012 26.46
2013 25.15
2014 23.84
2015 22.53
2016 21.23
2017 19.92
2018 18.68
2019 18.32
2020 17.97

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors