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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Afghanistan was 14.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 31.27 in 2001, while its lowest value was 14.58 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 31.27
2001 31.27
2002 30.39
2003 29.51
2004 28.63
2005 27.75
2006 26.88
2007 26.00
2008 25.12
2009 24.24
2010 23.36
2011 22.48
2012 21.61
2013 20.73
2014 19.85
2015 18.97
2016 18.09
2017 17.21
2018 16.33
2019 15.46
2020 14.58

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors