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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Senegal was 20.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 38.34 in 2000, while its lowest value was 20.43 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 38.34
2001 37.44
2002 36.55
2003 35.65
2004 34.76
2005 33.86
2006 32.96
2007 32.07
2008 31.17
2009 30.28
2010 29.38
2011 28.49
2012 27.59
2013 26.70
2014 25.80
2015 24.90
2016 24.01
2017 23.11
2018 22.22
2019 21.32
2020 20.43

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors