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

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Cabo Verde was 14.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 51.48 in 2000, while its lowest value was 14.45 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 51.48
2001 49.44
2002 47.43
2003 45.43
2004 43.44
2005 41.48
2006 39.53
2007 37.60
2008 35.68
2009 33.79
2010 31.91
2011 30.14
2012 28.37
2013 26.61
2014 24.87
2015 23.13
2016 21.40
2017 19.67
2018 17.91
2019 16.17
2020 14.45

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors