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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Cabo Verde was 26.71 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 71.56 in 2000, while its lowest value was 26.71 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 71.56
2001 69.33
2002 67.11
2003 64.88
2004 62.65
2005 60.42
2006 58.20
2007 55.97
2008 53.74
2009 51.51
2010 49.29
2011 47.06
2012 44.83
2013 42.61
2014 40.38
2015 38.15
2016 35.92
2017 33.67
2018 31.33
2019 29.01
2020 26.71

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors