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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Nigeria was 29.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 33.41 in 2000, while its lowest value was 29.68 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 33.41
2001 33.22
2002 33.04
2003 32.85
2004 32.66
2005 32.48
2006 32.29
2007 32.11
2008 31.92
2009 31.73
2010 31.55
2011 31.36
2012 31.17
2013 30.99
2014 30.80
2015 30.62
2016 30.43
2017 30.24
2018 30.06
2019 29.87
2020 29.68

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors