Cambodia - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Cambodia was 19.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 86.80 in 2000, while its lowest value was 19.28 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 86.80
2001 83.41
2002 80.02
2003 76.63
2004 73.25
2005 69.87
2006 66.50
2007 63.13
2008 59.75
2009 56.28
2010 52.81
2011 49.36
2012 45.92
2013 42.49
2014 39.07
2015 35.67
2016 32.27
2017 28.88
2018 25.51
2019 22.16
2020 19.28

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors