Costa Rica - People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Costa Rica was 0.097 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.509 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.097 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 0.509
2001 0.489
2002 0.468
2003 0.448
2004 0.427
2005 0.406
2006 0.386
2007 0.365
2008 0.344
2009 0.324
2010 0.303
2011 0.283
2012 0.262
2013 0.241
2014 0.221
2015 0.200
2016 0.179
2017 0.159
2018 0.138
2019 0.118
2020 0.097

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors