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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in El Salvador was 1.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 19.79 in 2002, while its lowest value was 1.12 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 19.79
2001 19.79
2002 19.79
2003 18.75
2004 17.72
2005 16.68
2006 15.64
2007 14.60
2008 13.57
2009 12.53
2010 11.49
2011 10.46
2012 9.42
2013 8.38
2014 7.34
2015 6.31
2016 5.27
2017 4.23
2018 3.19
2019 2.16
2020 1.12

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors