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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Comoros was 0.526 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 0.604 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.526 in 2014.

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 0.604
2001 0.599
2002 0.593
2003 0.588
2004 0.582
2005 0.577
2006 0.571
2007 0.565
2008 0.560
2009 0.554
2010 0.549
2011 0.543
2012 0.537
2013 0.532
2014 0.526
2015 0.526
2016 0.526
2017 0.526
2018 0.526

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors