Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 26.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 47.72 in 2000, while its lowest value was 26.76 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/).

See also:

Year Value
2000 47.72
2001 46.88
2002 45.95
2003 45.01
2004 44.06
2005 42.98
2006 41.89
2007 40.83
2008 39.72
2009 38.61
2010 37.50
2011 36.39
2012 35.28
2013 34.18
2014 33.08
2015 31.97
2016 30.86
2017 29.63
2018 28.66
2019 27.72
2020 26.76

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors