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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in South Asia was 18.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 79.11 in 2000, while its lowest value was 18.54 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/).

See also:

Year Value
2000 79.11
2001 76.07
2002 73.01
2003 69.95
2004 66.90
2005 63.86
2006 60.83
2007 57.81
2008 54.79
2009 51.76
2010 48.73
2011 45.70
2012 42.66
2013 39.62
2014 36.58
2015 33.54
2016 30.50
2017 27.46
2018 24.43
2019 21.47
2020 18.54

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors