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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Peru was 13.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 49.96 in 2000, while its lowest value was 13.15 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 49.96
2001 48.12
2002 46.28
2003 44.44
2004 42.60
2005 40.76
2006 38.92
2007 37.08
2008 35.24
2009 33.39
2010 31.55
2011 29.71
2012 27.87
2013 26.03
2014 24.19
2015 22.35
2016 20.51
2017 18.67
2018 16.83
2019 14.99
2020 13.15

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors