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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Eritrea was 88.65 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 97.95 in 2000, while its lowest value was 88.65 in 2012.

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 97.95
2001 97.18
2002 96.40
2003 95.63
2004 94.85
2005 94.08
2006 93.30
2007 92.53
2008 91.75
2009 90.98
2010 90.20
2011 89.43
2012 88.65
2013 88.65
2014 88.65
2015 88.65
2016 88.65

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors