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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Armenia was 0.029 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.037 in 2003, while its lowest value was 0.029 in 2018.

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 0.037
2001 0.037
2002 0.037
2003 0.037
2004 0.037
2005 0.036
2006 0.036
2007 0.035
2008 0.035
2009 0.034
2010 0.034
2011 0.033
2012 0.032
2013 0.032
2014 0.031
2015 0.031
2016 0.030
2017 0.030
2018 0.029
2019 0.029
2020 0.029

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors