Fragile and conflict affected situations - People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 27.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 44.05 in 2000, while its lowest value was 27.25 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 44.05
2001 43.43
2002 42.72
2003 41.94
2004 41.13
2005 40.20
2006 39.25
2007 38.32
2008 37.34
2009 36.36
2010 35.38
2011 35.16
2012 34.19
2013 33.22
2014 32.25
2015 31.28
2016 30.30
2017 29.65
2018 28.76
2019 27.90
2020 27.25

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors