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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Yemen was 15.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 42.07 in 2002, while its lowest value was 15.02 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 42.07
2001 42.07
2002 42.07
2003 40.57
2004 39.07
2005 37.57
2006 36.06
2007 34.56
2008 33.06
2009 31.55
2010 30.05
2011 28.55
2012 27.05
2013 25.54
2014 24.04
2015 22.54
2016 21.03
2017 19.53
2018 18.03
2019 16.53
2020 15.02

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors