Samoa - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Samoa was 0.146 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.146 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.028 in 2001.

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 0.028
2001 0.028
2002 0.028
2003 0.028
2004 0.028
2005 0.036
2006 0.044
2007 0.052
2008 0.059
2009 0.068
2010 0.076
2011 0.085
2012 0.093
2013 0.102
2014 0.110
2015 0.119
2016 0.128
2017 0.136
2018 0.145
2019 0.145
2020 0.146

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors