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

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Pacific island small states was 14.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 16.99 in 2004, while its lowest value was 14.51 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 16.71
2001 16.64
2002 16.77
2003 16.89
2004 16.99
2005 16.84
2006 16.30
2007 16.10
2008 15.89
2009 15.69
2010 15.51
2011 15.34
2012 15.19
2013 15.04
2014 14.88
2015 14.95
2016 14.74
2017 14.51
2018 14.58
2019 14.63
2020 14.65

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors