Honduras - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Honduras was 4.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 19.64 in 2000, while its lowest value was 4.18 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 19.64
2001 18.77
2002 17.88
2003 16.99
2004 16.13
2005 15.27
2006 14.43
2007 13.61
2008 12.79
2009 12.00
2010 11.21
2011 10.45
2012 9.69
2013 8.95
2014 8.23
2015 7.52
2016 6.82
2017 6.14
2018 5.47
2019 4.82
2020 4.18

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors