IDA only - People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in IDA only was 21.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 41.69 in 2000, while its lowest value was 21.65 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 41.69
2001 40.77
2002 39.80
2003 38.79
2004 37.78
2005 36.68
2006 35.58
2007 34.50
2008 33.39
2009 32.28
2010 31.18
2011 30.68
2012 29.59
2013 28.52
2014 27.44
2015 26.37
2016 25.30
2017 24.37
2018 23.36
2019 22.47
2020 21.65

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors