Ghana - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Ghana was 17.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 21.67 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.78 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 21.67
2001 21.48
2002 21.30
2003 21.10
2004 20.91
2005 20.72
2006 20.52
2007 20.33
2008 20.13
2009 19.94
2010 19.74
2011 19.54
2012 19.35
2013 19.15
2014 18.95
2015 18.75
2016 18.56
2017 18.36
2018 18.17
2019 17.97
2020 17.78

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors