Comoros - People practicing open defecation

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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Comoros was 0.526 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 0.604 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.526 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 0.604
2001 0.599
2002 0.593
2003 0.588
2004 0.582
2005 0.577
2006 0.571
2007 0.565
2008 0.560
2009 0.554
2010 0.549
2011 0.543
2012 0.537
2013 0.532
2014 0.526
2015 0.526
2016 0.526
2017 0.526
2018 0.526

People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Comoros was 0.591 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 0.663 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.591 in 2018.

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/).

See also:

Year Value
2000 0.663
2001 0.658
2002 0.653
2003 0.648
2004 0.643
2005 0.638
2006 0.633
2007 0.628
2008 0.623
2009 0.618
2010 0.612
2011 0.607
2012 0.602
2013 0.597
2014 0.592
2015 0.592
2016 0.592
2017 0.592
2018 0.591

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors