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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Jordan was 0.078 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.078 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2000.

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 0.000
2001 0.000
2002 0.000
2003 0.000
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.042
2009 0.045
2010 0.048
2011 0.051
2012 0.054
2013 0.057
2014 0.060
2015 0.063
2016 0.066
2017 0.069
2018 0.072
2019 0.075
2020 0.078

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors