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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Arab World was 11.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 27.75 in 2000, while its lowest value was 11.72 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 27.75
2001 27.25
2002 26.83
2003 26.25
2004 25.64
2005 24.63
2006 23.59
2007 22.65
2008 21.56
2009 20.47
2010 19.39
2011 18.29
2012 17.24
2013 16.20
2014 15.17
2015 14.17
2016 13.15
2017 13.20
2018 12.67
2019 12.21
2020 11.72

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors