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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Mauritania was 8.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 20.52 in 2000, while its lowest value was 8.25 in 2017.

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 20.52
2001 19.79
2002 19.07
2003 18.35
2004 17.63
2005 16.91
2006 16.19
2007 15.46
2008 14.74
2009 14.02
2010 13.30
2011 12.58
2012 11.86
2013 11.13
2014 10.41
2015 9.69
2016 8.97
2017 8.25
2018 8.25
2019 8.25
2020 8.25

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors