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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Benin was 70.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 86.82 in 2000, while its lowest value was 70.45 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 86.82
2001 86.00
2002 85.18
2003 84.36
2004 83.54
2005 82.73
2006 81.91
2007 81.09
2008 80.27
2009 79.45
2010 78.63
2011 77.82
2012 77.00
2013 76.18
2014 75.36
2015 74.54
2016 73.72
2017 72.91
2018 72.09
2019 71.27
2020 70.45

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors