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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Lesotho was 29.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 56.52 in 2000, while its lowest value was 29.12 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 56.52
2001 55.15
2002 53.78
2003 52.41
2004 51.04
2005 49.67
2006 48.30
2007 46.93
2008 45.56
2009 44.19
2010 42.82
2011 41.45
2012 40.08
2013 38.71
2014 37.34
2015 35.97
2016 34.60
2017 33.23
2018 31.86
2019 30.49
2020 29.12

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors