Suriname - People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Suriname was 0.182 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.182 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.092 in 2000.

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 0.092
2001 0.096
2002 0.101
2003 0.105
2004 0.110
2005 0.114
2006 0.119
2007 0.123
2008 0.128
2009 0.132
2010 0.137
2011 0.141
2012 0.146
2013 0.150
2014 0.155
2015 0.160
2016 0.164
2017 0.169
2018 0.173
2019 0.178
2020 0.182

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors