Low income - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Low income was 19.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 40.74 in 2000, while its lowest value was 19.62 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 40.74
2001 39.88
2002 36.68
2003 35.77
2004 34.86
2005 33.78
2006 32.68
2007 31.63
2008 30.52
2009 29.42
2010 28.35
2011 28.12
2012 27.10
2013 26.09
2014 25.07
2015 24.04
2016 22.99
2017 22.44
2018 21.48
2019 20.53
2020 19.62

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors