China - People practicing open defecation

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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in China was 0.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 3.85 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.30 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 3.85
2001 3.85
2002 3.66
2003 3.47
2004 3.29
2005 3.10
2006 2.91
2007 2.73
2008 2.54
2009 2.35
2010 2.17
2011 1.98
2012 1.79
2013 1.61
2014 1.42
2015 1.23
2016 1.05
2017 0.86
2018 0.67
2019 0.49
2020 0.30

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in China was 0.334 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.334 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.041 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 0.041
2001 0.041
2002 0.041
2003 0.041
2004 0.041
2005 0.041
2006 0.041
2007 0.062
2008 0.083
2009 0.103
2010 0.124
2011 0.145
2012 0.166
2013 0.187
2014 0.208
2015 0.229
2016 0.250
2017 0.271
2018 0.292
2019 0.313
2020 0.334

People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in China was 0.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 2.46 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.32 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/).

See also:

Year Value
2000 2.46
2001 2.41
2002 2.25
2003 2.09
2004 1.94
2005 1.78
2006 1.64
2007 1.51
2008 1.39
2009 1.27
2010 1.15
2011 1.05
2012 0.95
2013 0.85
2014 0.76
2015 0.67
2016 0.59
2017 0.52
2018 0.45
2019 0.38
2020 0.32

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors