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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Eswatini was 4.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 29.72 in 2000, while its lowest value was 4.85 in 2019.

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 29.72
2001 28.41
2002 27.10
2003 25.79
2004 24.48
2005 23.17
2006 21.86
2007 20.56
2008 19.25
2009 17.94
2010 16.63
2011 15.32
2012 14.01
2013 12.70
2014 11.39
2015 10.08
2016 8.77
2017 7.46
2018 6.15
2019 4.85
2020 4.85

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors