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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Somalia was 42.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 81.94 in 2000, while its lowest value was 42.29 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/).

See also:

Year Value
2000 81.94
2001 79.96
2002 77.97
2003 75.99
2004 74.01
2005 72.03
2006 70.05
2007 68.06
2008 66.08
2009 64.10
2010 62.12
2011 60.13
2012 58.15
2013 56.17
2014 54.19
2015 52.21
2016 50.22
2017 48.24
2018 46.26
2019 44.28
2020 42.29

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors