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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Benin was 31.46 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 36.42 in 2000, while its lowest value was 31.46 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 36.42
2001 36.17
2002 35.93
2003 35.68
2004 35.43
2005 35.18
2006 34.93
2007 34.69
2008 34.44
2009 34.19
2010 33.94
2011 33.70
2012 33.45
2013 33.20
2014 32.95
2015 32.70
2016 32.46
2017 32.21
2018 31.96
2019 31.71
2020 31.46

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors