Sierra Leone - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Sierra Leone was 16.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 26.10 in 2000, while its lowest value was 16.39 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 26.10
2001 25.61
2002 25.13
2003 24.65
2004 24.17
2005 23.68
2006 23.16
2007 22.66
2008 22.15
2009 21.65
2010 21.16
2011 20.67
2012 20.18
2013 19.69
2014 19.21
2015 18.73
2016 18.26
2017 17.79
2018 17.32
2019 16.85
2020 16.39

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors