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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Nicaragua was 14.63 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 30.36 in 2000, while its lowest value was 14.63 in 2016.

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 30.36
2001 29.38
2002 28.39
2003 27.41
2004 26.43
2005 25.44
2006 24.46
2007 23.48
2008 22.49
2009 21.51
2010 20.53
2011 19.54
2012 18.56
2013 17.58
2014 16.59
2015 15.61
2016 14.63
2017 14.63
2018 14.63
2019 14.63
2020 14.63

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors