Samoa - People practicing open defecation

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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Samoa was 0.020 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.020 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.000 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 0.000
2001 0.000
2002 0.000
2003 0.000
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.001
2010 0.003
2011 0.005
2012 0.007
2013 0.009
2014 0.011
2015 0.014
2016 0.016
2017 0.018
2018 0.020
2019 0.020
2020 0.020

People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Samoa was 0.146 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.146 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.028 in 2001.

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/).

See also:

Year Value
2000 0.028
2001 0.028
2002 0.028
2003 0.028
2004 0.028
2005 0.036
2006 0.044
2007 0.052
2008 0.059
2009 0.068
2010 0.076
2011 0.085
2012 0.093
2013 0.102
2014 0.110
2015 0.119
2016 0.128
2017 0.136
2018 0.145
2019 0.145
2020 0.146

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors