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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Mali was 8.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 27.82 in 2000, while its lowest value was 8.52 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 27.82
2001 26.85
2002 25.89
2003 24.92
2004 23.96
2005 22.99
2006 22.03
2007 21.06
2008 20.10
2009 19.13
2010 18.17
2011 17.20
2012 16.24
2013 15.27
2014 14.31
2015 13.34
2016 12.38
2017 11.41
2018 10.45
2019 9.48
2020 8.52

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors