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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Cambodia was 25.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 98.21 in 2000, while its lowest value was 25.45 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/).

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Year Value
2000 98.21
2001 94.57
2002 90.93
2003 87.29
2004 83.65
2005 80.02
2006 76.38
2007 72.74
2008 69.10
2009 65.46
2010 61.83
2011 58.19
2012 54.55
2013 50.91
2014 47.27
2015 43.64
2016 40.00
2017 36.36
2018 32.72
2019 29.08
2020 25.45

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors