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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Liberia was 17.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 28.08 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.99 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 28.08
2001 27.55
2002 27.02
2003 26.49
2004 25.96
2005 25.43
2006 24.90
2007 24.37
2008 23.84
2009 23.31
2010 22.77
2011 22.24
2012 21.71
2013 21.18
2014 20.65
2015 20.12
2016 19.59
2017 19.06
2018 18.53
2019 17.99
2020 17.99

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors