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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in North Macedonia was 0.309 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.965 in 2004, while its lowest value was 0.309 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 0.965
2001 0.965
2002 0.965
2003 0.965
2004 0.965
2005 0.924
2006 0.883
2007 0.842
2008 0.801
2009 0.760
2010 0.719
2011 0.678
2012 0.637
2013 0.596
2014 0.555
2015 0.514
2016 0.473
2017 0.432
2018 0.391
2019 0.350
2020 0.309

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors