Uganda - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Uganda was 4.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 14.41 in 2000, while its lowest value was 4.68 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 14.41
2001 13.88
2002 13.36
2003 12.84
2004 12.32
2005 11.81
2006 11.30
2007 10.80
2008 10.30
2009 9.80
2010 9.31
2011 8.82
2012 8.34
2013 7.86
2014 7.39
2015 6.93
2016 6.46
2017 6.01
2018 5.56
2019 5.11
2020 4.68

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors