Côte d'Ivoire - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Côte d'Ivoire was 25.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 35.76 in 2000, while its lowest value was 25.26 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 35.76
2001 35.15
2002 34.55
2003 33.95
2004 33.37
2005 32.79
2006 32.22
2007 31.67
2008 31.12
2009 30.58
2010 30.05
2011 29.54
2012 29.03
2013 28.53
2014 28.04
2015 27.56
2016 27.08
2017 26.61
2018 26.15
2019 25.70
2020 25.26

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors