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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Turkmenistan was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.850 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.000 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
2000 0.850
2001 0.803
2002 0.755
2003 0.708
2004 0.661
2005 0.614
2006 0.567
2007 0.520
2008 0.473
2009 0.426
2010 0.379
2011 0.332
2012 0.285
2013 0.238
2014 0.191
2015 0.144
2016 0.097
2017 0.000
2018 0.000
2019 0.000
2020 0.000

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors