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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Chad was 78.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 85.91 in 2000, while its lowest value was 78.67 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 85.91
2001 85.54
2002 85.18
2003 84.82
2004 84.46
2005 84.10
2006 83.74
2007 83.37
2008 83.01
2009 82.65
2010 82.29
2011 81.93
2012 81.57
2013 81.21
2014 80.84
2015 80.48
2016 80.12
2017 79.76
2018 79.40
2019 79.04
2020 78.67

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors