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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Bangladesh was 0.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 20.42 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.00 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 20.42
2001 19.30
2002 18.19
2003 17.07
2004 15.96
2005 14.84
2006 13.73
2007 12.61
2008 11.50
2009 10.38
2010 9.27
2011 8.15
2012 7.04
2013 5.92
2014 4.81
2015 3.69
2016 2.58
2017 1.46
2018 0.35
2019 0.00
2020 0.00

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors