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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Pacific island small states was 22.87 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 24.95 in 2004, while its lowest value was 22.45 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 23.96
2001 24.23
2002 24.50
2003 24.74
2004 24.95
2005 24.81
2006 24.62
2007 24.38
2008 24.15
2009 23.93
2010 23.74
2011 23.56
2012 23.41
2013 23.25
2014 23.09
2015 22.90
2016 22.69
2017 22.45
2018 22.57
2019 22.74
2020 22.87

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors