Djibouti - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Djibouti was 16.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 19.29 in 2000, while its lowest value was 16.18 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 19.29
2001 19.26
2002 19.23
2003 19.21
2004 19.18
2005 19.00
2006 18.83
2007 18.66
2008 18.48
2009 18.31
2010 18.13
2011 17.95
2012 17.76
2013 17.56
2014 17.36
2015 17.15
2016 16.94
2017 16.72
2018 16.50
2019 16.27
2020 16.18

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors