Paraguay - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Paraguay was 0.343 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.891 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.343 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 0.891
2001 0.874
2002 0.856
2003 0.841
2004 0.827
2005 0.812
2006 0.798
2007 0.784
2008 0.770
2009 0.756
2010 0.742
2011 0.728
2012 0.714
2013 0.701
2014 0.687
2015 0.674
2016 0.661
2017 0.648
2018 0.635
2019 0.622
2020 0.343

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors