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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Namibia was 70.87 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 76.68 in 2000, while its lowest value was 70.87 in 2019.

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 76.68
2001 76.37
2002 76.07
2003 75.76
2004 75.46
2005 75.15
2006 74.85
2007 74.54
2008 74.23
2009 73.93
2010 73.62
2011 73.32
2012 73.01
2013 72.71
2014 72.40
2015 72.10
2016 71.79
2017 71.49
2018 71.18
2019 70.87
2020 70.87

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors