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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Morocco was 4.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 46.88 in 2000, while its lowest value was 4.75 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 46.88
2001 45.38
2002 43.83
2003 42.25
2004 40.61
2005 38.48
2006 36.23
2007 33.98
2008 31.73
2009 29.48
2010 27.23
2011 24.99
2012 22.74
2013 20.49
2014 18.24
2015 15.99
2016 13.75
2017 11.50
2018 9.25
2019 7.00
2020 4.75

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors