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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Azerbaijan was 0.195 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 0.247 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.195 in 2015.

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 0.247
2001 0.244
2002 0.240
2003 0.237
2004 0.233
2005 0.230
2006 0.226
2007 0.223
2008 0.219
2009 0.216
2010 0.212
2011 0.209
2012 0.205
2013 0.202
2014 0.198
2015 0.195
2016 0.195
2017 0.195
2018 0.195
2019 0.195

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors