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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Ethiopia was 20.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 86.52 in 2000, while its lowest value was 20.93 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 86.52
2001 83.24
2002 79.96
2003 76.68
2004 73.40
2005 70.12
2006 66.84
2007 63.56
2008 60.28
2009 57.00
2010 53.72
2011 50.44
2012 47.16
2013 43.89
2014 40.61
2015 37.33
2016 34.05
2017 30.77
2018 27.49
2019 24.21
2020 20.93

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors