Turkey - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Turkey was 0.153 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.600 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.153 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 0.600
2001 0.592
2002 0.565
2003 0.539
2004 0.512
2005 0.487
2006 0.461
2007 0.437
2008 0.412
2009 0.388
2010 0.365
2011 0.342
2012 0.319
2013 0.297
2014 0.275
2015 0.254
2016 0.233
2017 0.213
2018 0.179
2019 0.166
2020 0.153

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors