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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Botswana was 31.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 42.15 in 2000, while its lowest value was 31.50 in 2019.

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 42.15
2001 41.59
2002 41.03
2003 40.47
2004 39.91
2005 39.35
2006 38.79
2007 38.23
2008 37.67
2009 37.11
2010 36.54
2011 35.98
2012 35.42
2013 34.86
2014 34.30
2015 33.74
2016 33.18
2017 32.62
2018 32.06
2019 31.50
2020 31.50

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors