Ethiopia - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Ethiopia was 17.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 77.08 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.00 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 77.08
2001 74.03
2002 70.97
2003 67.93
2004 64.90
2005 61.87
2006 58.85
2007 55.83
2008 52.74
2009 49.67
2010 46.61
2011 43.57
2012 40.54
2013 37.53
2014 34.55
2015 31.57
2016 28.62
2017 25.69
2018 22.77
2019 19.87
2020 17.00

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors