Comoros - People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Comoros was 0.618 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 0.686 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.618 in 2014.

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 0.686
2001 0.681
2002 0.676
2003 0.671
2004 0.666
2005 0.662
2006 0.657
2007 0.652
2008 0.647
2009 0.642
2010 0.637
2011 0.632
2012 0.628
2013 0.623
2014 0.618
2015 0.618
2016 0.618
2017 0.618
2018 0.618

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors