Montenegro - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Montenegro was 0.042 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 0.162 in 2006, while its lowest value was 0.042 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
2006 0.162
2007 0.156
2008 0.150
2009 0.143
2010 0.137
2011 0.131
2012 0.125
2013 0.118
2014 0.112
2015 0.106
2016 0.100
2017 0.052
2018 0.048
2019 0.045
2020 0.042

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors