Lower middle income - People practicing open defecation

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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Lower middle income was 17.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 60.02 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.07 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 60.02
2001 57.92
2002 55.78
2003 53.64
2004 51.49
2005 49.34
2006 47.18
2007 45.02
2008 42.85
2009 40.67
2010 38.49
2011 36.29
2012 34.10
2013 31.89
2014 29.70
2015 27.50
2016 25.31
2017 23.41
2018 21.25
2019 19.15
2020 17.07

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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Lower middle income was 1.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 13.66 in 2000, while its lowest value was 1.82 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 13.66
2001 13.08
2002 12.50
2003 11.91
2004 11.32
2005 10.73
2006 10.14
2007 9.54
2008 8.94
2009 8.34
2010 7.73
2011 7.12
2012 6.51
2013 5.90
2014 5.30
2015 4.70
2016 4.10
2017 3.50
2018 2.92
2019 2.36
2020 1.82

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/).

See also:

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

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors