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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in India was 22.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 92.23 in 2000, while its lowest value was 22.41 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 92.23
2001 88.74
2002 85.25
2003 81.76
2004 78.27
2005 74.78
2006 71.28
2007 67.79
2008 64.30
2009 60.81
2010 57.32
2011 53.83
2012 50.34
2013 46.85
2014 43.36
2015 39.86
2016 36.37
2017 32.88
2018 29.39
2019 25.90
2020 22.41

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors