People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) - Country Ranking - South America

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: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Bolivia 32.73 2020
2 Peru 13.15 2020
3 Colombia 11.29 2020
4 Argentina 7.69 2014
5 Suriname 3.25 2020
6 Ecuador 2.53 2020
7 Brazil 2.35 2020
8 Paraguay 0.91 2020
9 Guyana 0.83 2020
10 Chile 0.00 2020
10 Uruguay 0.00 2020

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual