Benin - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Benin was 51.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 67.50 in 2000, while its lowest value was 51.58 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 67.50
2001 66.74
2002 65.95
2003 65.11
2004 64.28
2005 63.45
2006 62.63
2007 61.80
2008 60.99
2009 60.18
2010 59.38
2011 58.58
2012 57.78
2013 56.99
2014 56.21
2015 55.42
2016 54.65
2017 53.87
2018 53.10
2019 52.34
2020 51.58

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors