Libya - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Libya was 0.748 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 0.750 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.748 in 2018.

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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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors