Cabo Verde - People practicing open defecation

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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Cabo Verde was 8.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 33.98 in 2000, while its lowest value was 8.31 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 33.98
2001 32.70
2002 31.42
2003 30.14
2004 28.86
2005 27.58
2006 26.30
2007 25.02
2008 23.74
2009 22.46
2010 21.19
2011 19.91
2012 18.63
2013 17.35
2014 16.07
2015 14.79
2016 13.51
2017 12.22
2018 10.91
2019 9.61
2020 8.31

People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Cabo Verde was 14.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 51.48 in 2000, while its lowest value was 14.45 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 51.48
2001 49.44
2002 47.43
2003 45.43
2004 43.44
2005 41.48
2006 39.53
2007 37.60
2008 35.68
2009 33.79
2010 31.91
2011 30.14
2012 28.37
2013 26.61
2014 24.87
2015 23.13
2016 21.40
2017 19.67
2018 17.91
2019 16.17
2020 14.45

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors