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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Cameroon was 11.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 13.77 in 2000, while its lowest value was 11.93 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 13.77
2001 13.68
2002 13.59
2003 13.49
2004 13.40
2005 13.31
2006 13.22
2007 13.13
2008 13.03
2009 12.94
2010 12.85
2011 12.76
2012 12.67
2013 12.58
2014 12.48
2015 12.39
2016 12.30
2017 12.21
2018 12.12
2019 12.02
2020 11.93

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors