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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Paraguay was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.534 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.000 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 0.534
2001 0.529
2002 0.524
2003 0.518
2004 0.513
2005 0.508
2006 0.502
2007 0.497
2008 0.492
2009 0.487
2010 0.481
2011 0.476
2012 0.471
2013 0.465
2014 0.460
2015 0.455
2016 0.449
2017 0.444
2018 0.439
2019 0.434
2020 0.000

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors