Lower middle income - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Lower middle income was 10.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 44.39 in 2000, while its lowest value was 10.77 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 44.39
2001 42.65
2002 40.87
2003 39.10
2004 37.33
2005 35.57
2006 33.81
2007 32.07
2008 30.33
2009 28.59
2010 26.86
2011 25.14
2012 23.42
2013 21.72
2014 20.04
2015 18.37
2016 16.72
2017 15.49
2018 13.86
2019 12.30
2020 10.77

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors