Yemen - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Yemen was 9.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 32.11 in 2000, while its lowest value was 9.73 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 32.11
2001 31.91
2002 31.71
2003 30.38
2004 29.06
2005 27.75
2006 26.45
2007 25.16
2008 23.89
2009 22.63
2010 21.38
2011 20.15
2012 18.93
2013 17.73
2014 16.54
2015 15.37
2016 14.21
2017 13.07
2018 11.94
2019 10.83
2020 9.73

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors