Jamaica - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Jamaica was 0.798 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.867 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.796 in 2019.

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 0.867
2001 0.861
2002 0.856
2003 0.850
2004 0.845
2005 0.840
2006 0.836
2007 0.831
2008 0.827
2009 0.823
2010 0.819
2011 0.816
2012 0.812
2013 0.809
2014 0.806
2015 0.804
2016 0.801
2017 0.799
2018 0.798
2019 0.796
2020 0.798

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors