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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Brazil was 2.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 34.51 in 2000, while its lowest value was 2.35 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 34.51
2001 32.90
2002 31.30
2003 29.69
2004 28.08
2005 26.47
2006 24.86
2007 23.26
2008 21.65
2009 20.04
2010 18.43
2011 16.82
2012 15.22
2013 13.61
2014 12.00
2015 10.39
2016 8.78
2017 7.18
2018 5.57
2019 3.96
2020 2.35

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors