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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Mozambique was 29.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 73.89 in 2000, while its lowest value was 29.98 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 73.89
2001 71.70
2002 69.50
2003 67.31
2004 65.11
2005 62.92
2006 60.72
2007 58.53
2008 56.33
2009 54.13
2010 51.94
2011 49.74
2012 47.55
2013 45.35
2014 43.16
2015 40.96
2016 38.77
2017 36.57
2018 34.38
2019 32.18
2020 29.98

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors