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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Montenegro was 0.129 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 0.250 in 2006, while its lowest value was 0.129 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
2006 0.250
2007 0.242
2008 0.233
2009 0.224
2010 0.216
2011 0.207
2012 0.198
2013 0.190
2014 0.181
2015 0.172
2016 0.163
2017 0.155
2018 0.146
2019 0.137
2020 0.129

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors