Iran - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Iran was 0.374 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 0.538 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.374 in 2016.

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 0.538
2001 0.528
2002 0.518
2003 0.508
2004 0.498
2005 0.489
2006 0.479
2007 0.470
2008 0.462
2009 0.454
2010 0.446
2011 0.438
2012 0.430
2013 0.423
2014 0.415
2015 0.408
2016 0.374

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors