People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)

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.

Description: The map below shows how People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) varies by country. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the world is São Tomé and Principe, with a value of 38.63. The country with the lowest value in the world is Zimbabwe, with a value of 0.00.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation (http://www.wssinfo.org/).

See also: Country ranking, Time series comparison

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual