Central African Republic - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Central African Republic was 25.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 25.15 in 2020, while its lowest value was 22.67 in 2000.

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 22.67
2001 22.84
2002 23.01
2003 23.18
2004 23.35
2005 23.52
2006 23.68
2007 23.83
2008 23.97
2009 24.11
2010 24.24
2011 24.37
2012 24.48
2013 24.59
2014 24.70
2015 24.79
2016 24.88
2017 24.96
2018 25.03
2019 25.09
2020 25.15

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors