Barbados - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Barbados was 0.825 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 0.830 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.702 in 2000.

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 0.702
2001 0.711
2002 0.720
2003 0.730
2004 0.739
2005 0.748
2006 0.757
2007 0.766
2008 0.775
2009 0.784
2010 0.793
2011 0.802
2012 0.811
2013 0.820
2014 0.830
2015 0.830
2016 0.830
2017 0.829
2018 0.825

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors