OECD members - People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in OECD members was 0.027 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.497 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.027 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 0.497
2001 0.478
2002 0.457
2003 0.436
2004 0.413
2005 0.392
2006 0.370
2007 0.348
2008 0.326
2009 0.303
2010 0.280
2011 0.257
2012 0.234
2013 0.210
2014 0.185
2015 0.155
2016 0.132
2017 0.109
2018 0.085
2019 0.030
2020 0.027

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors