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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Madagascar was 54.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 54.12 in 2020, while its lowest value was 47.13 in 2000.

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 47.13
2001 47.48
2002 47.83
2003 48.18
2004 48.53
2005 48.88
2006 49.23
2007 49.58
2008 49.93
2009 50.28
2010 50.62
2011 50.97
2012 51.32
2013 51.67
2014 52.02
2015 52.37
2016 52.72
2017 53.07
2018 53.42
2019 53.77
2020 54.12

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors