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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Cuba was 0.123 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.818 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.123 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 0.818
2001 0.783
2002 0.748
2003 0.714
2004 0.679
2005 0.644
2006 0.609
2007 0.575
2008 0.540
2009 0.505
2010 0.470
2011 0.435
2012 0.401
2013 0.366
2014 0.331
2015 0.296
2016 0.262
2017 0.227
2018 0.192
2019 0.157
2020 0.123

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors