Azerbaijan - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Azerbaijan was 0.086 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 0.178 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.086 in 2019.

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 0.169
2001 0.170
2002 0.170
2003 0.170
2004 0.171
2005 0.172
2006 0.172
2007 0.173
2008 0.173
2009 0.174
2010 0.175
2011 0.175
2012 0.176
2013 0.177
2014 0.178
2015 0.088
2016 0.088
2017 0.087
2018 0.086
2019 0.086

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors