Other small states - People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Other small states was 23.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 35.89 in 2000, while its lowest value was 21.69 in 2017.

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 35.89
2001 35.11
2002 35.31
2003 34.41
2004 33.52
2005 32.63
2006 31.06
2007 30.19
2008 29.33
2009 28.47
2010 27.60
2011 26.74
2012 25.88
2013 25.00
2014 24.14
2015 23.32
2016 22.50
2017 21.69
2018 23.00
2019 23.57
2020 23.00

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors