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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Zimbabwe was 34.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 44.49 in 2001, while its lowest value was 34.68 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 44.49
2001 44.49
2002 43.98
2003 43.46
2004 42.94
2005 42.43
2006 41.91
2007 41.39
2008 40.88
2009 40.36
2010 39.85
2011 39.33
2012 38.81
2013 38.30
2014 37.78
2015 37.26
2016 36.75
2017 36.23
2018 35.71
2019 35.20
2020 34.68

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors