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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Timor-Leste was 0.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 19.80 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2017.

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
2002 19.80
2003 18.46
2004 17.12
2005 15.78
2006 14.44
2007 13.10
2008 11.76
2009 10.42
2010 9.09
2011 7.75
2012 6.41
2013 5.07
2014 3.73
2015 2.39
2016 1.05
2017 0.00
2018 0.00
2019 0.00
2020 0.00

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors