Algeria - People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Algeria was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.749 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.000 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 0.749
2001 0.710
2002 0.672
2003 0.634
2004 0.595
2005 0.557
2006 0.519
2007 0.480
2008 0.442
2009 0.404
2010 0.365
2011 0.327
2012 0.289
2013 0.250
2014 0.212
2015 0.174
2016 0.135
2017 0.097
2018 0.059
2019 0.020
2020 0.000

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors