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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Myanmar was 9.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 13.33 in 2000, while its lowest value was 9.78 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 13.33
2001 13.15
2002 12.98
2003 12.80
2004 12.62
2005 12.44
2006 12.27
2007 12.09
2008 11.91
2009 11.73
2010 11.56
2011 11.38
2012 11.20
2013 11.02
2014 10.84
2015 10.67
2016 10.49
2017 10.31
2018 10.13
2019 9.96
2020 9.78

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors