Afghanistan - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Afghanistan was 10.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 25.80 in 2000, while its lowest value was 10.78 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 25.80
2001 25.78
2002 24.98
2003 24.19
2004 23.38
2005 22.56
2006 21.74
2007 20.92
2008 20.11
2009 19.29
2010 18.48
2011 17.67
2012 16.86
2013 16.05
2014 15.25
2015 14.44
2016 13.64
2017 12.87
2018 12.17
2019 11.48
2020 10.78

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors