Costa Rica - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Costa Rica was 0.127 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.786 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.127 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 0.786
2001 0.746
2002 0.707
2003 0.668
2004 0.630
2005 0.593
2006 0.557
2007 0.522
2008 0.487
2009 0.454
2010 0.420
2011 0.388
2012 0.356
2013 0.326
2014 0.295
2015 0.266
2016 0.237
2017 0.209
2018 0.181
2019 0.153
2020 0.127

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors