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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Burkina Faso was 54.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 86.30 in 2001, while its lowest value was 54.72 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 86.30
2001 86.30
2002 84.64
2003 82.98
2004 81.31
2005 79.65
2006 77.99
2007 76.33
2008 74.66
2009 73.00
2010 71.34
2011 69.68
2012 68.01
2013 66.35
2014 64.69
2015 63.03
2016 61.36
2017 59.70
2018 58.04
2019 56.38
2020 54.72

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors