Central African Republic - People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Central African Republic was 38.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 38.61 in 2020, while its lowest value was 33.87 in 2000.

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 33.87
2001 34.11
2002 34.35
2003 34.58
2004 34.82
2005 35.06
2006 35.29
2007 35.53
2008 35.77
2009 36.00
2010 36.24
2011 36.48
2012 36.71
2013 36.95
2014 37.19
2015 37.43
2016 37.66
2017 37.90
2018 38.14
2019 38.37
2020 38.61

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors