Samoa - People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Samoa was 0.173 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.173 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.036 in 2000.

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 0.036
2001 0.036
2002 0.036
2003 0.036
2004 0.036
2005 0.045
2006 0.055
2007 0.065
2008 0.075
2009 0.085
2010 0.094
2011 0.104
2012 0.114
2013 0.124
2014 0.134
2015 0.143
2016 0.153
2017 0.163
2018 0.173
2019 0.173
2020 0.173

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors