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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Ghana was 31.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 31.84 in 2000, while its lowest value was 31.61 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 31.84
2001 31.83
2002 31.82
2003 31.81
2004 31.80
2005 31.78
2006 31.77
2007 31.76
2008 31.75
2009 31.74
2010 31.73
2011 31.72
2012 31.70
2013 31.69
2014 31.68
2015 31.67
2016 31.66
2017 31.65
2018 31.64
2019 31.62
2020 31.61

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors