North Macedonia - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in North Macedonia was 0.128 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.408 in 2004, while its lowest value was 0.128 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 0.400
2001 0.402
2002 0.404
2003 0.406
2004 0.408
2005 0.392
2006 0.376
2007 0.360
2008 0.343
2009 0.326
2010 0.308
2011 0.291
2012 0.273
2013 0.255
2014 0.237
2015 0.219
2016 0.201
2017 0.182
2018 0.164
2019 0.146
2020 0.128

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors