São Tomé and Principe - People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in São Tomé and Principe was 54.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 79.02 in 2000, while its lowest value was 54.22 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 79.02
2001 77.78
2002 76.54
2003 75.30
2004 74.06
2005 72.82
2006 71.58
2007 70.34
2008 69.10
2009 67.86
2010 66.62
2011 65.38
2012 64.14
2013 62.90
2014 61.66
2015 60.42
2016 59.18
2017 57.94
2018 56.70
2019 55.46
2020 54.22

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors