São Tomé and Principe - People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in São Tomé and Principe was 38.63 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 63.61 in 2000, while its lowest value was 38.63 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 63.61
2001 62.36
2002 61.11
2003 59.86
2004 58.62
2005 57.37
2006 56.12
2007 54.87
2008 53.62
2009 52.37
2010 51.12
2011 49.87
2012 48.62
2013 47.37
2014 46.12
2015 44.87
2016 43.62
2017 42.37
2018 41.12
2019 39.88
2020 38.63

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors