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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Liberia was 59.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 76.27 in 2000, while its lowest value was 59.09 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 76.27
2001 75.36
2002 74.46
2003 73.55
2004 72.65
2005 71.75
2006 70.84
2007 69.94
2008 69.03
2009 68.13
2010 67.23
2011 66.32
2012 65.42
2013 64.51
2014 63.61
2015 62.71
2016 61.80
2017 60.90
2018 59.99
2019 59.09
2020 59.09

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors