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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Cabo Verde was 8.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 33.98 in 2000, while its lowest value was 8.31 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 33.98
2001 32.70
2002 31.42
2003 30.14
2004 28.86
2005 27.58
2006 26.30
2007 25.02
2008 23.74
2009 22.46
2010 21.19
2011 19.91
2012 18.63
2013 17.35
2014 16.07
2015 14.79
2016 13.51
2017 12.22
2018 10.91
2019 9.61
2020 8.31

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors