Côte d'Ivoire - People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Côte d'Ivoire was 41.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 59.39 in 2000, while its lowest value was 41.49 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/).

See also:

Year Value
2000 59.39
2001 58.50
2002 57.60
2003 56.70
2004 55.81
2005 54.91
2006 54.02
2007 53.12
2008 52.23
2009 51.33
2010 50.44
2011 49.54
2012 48.65
2013 47.75
2014 46.86
2015 45.96
2016 45.07
2017 44.17
2018 43.28
2019 42.38
2020 41.49

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors