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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Middle income was 12.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 38.44 in 2000, while its lowest value was 12.26 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 38.44
2001 37.26
2002 36.14
2003 35.01
2004 33.85
2005 32.67
2006 31.42
2007 30.20
2008 28.94
2009 27.66
2010 26.35
2011 24.99
2012 23.61
2013 22.19
2014 20.76
2015 19.34
2016 17.88
2017 16.59
2018 15.12
2019 13.68
2020 12.26

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors