Ethiopia - People practicing open defecation

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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Ethiopia was 20.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 86.52 in 2000, while its lowest value was 20.93 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 86.52
2001 83.24
2002 79.96
2003 76.68
2004 73.40
2005 70.12
2006 66.84
2007 63.56
2008 60.28
2009 57.00
2010 53.72
2011 50.44
2012 47.16
2013 43.89
2014 40.61
2015 37.33
2016 34.05
2017 30.77
2018 27.49
2019 24.21
2020 20.93

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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Ethiopia was 2.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 22.49 in 2000, while its lowest value was 2.80 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 22.49
2001 21.50
2002 20.52
2003 19.53
2004 18.55
2005 17.57
2006 16.58
2007 15.60
2008 14.61
2009 13.63
2010 12.64
2011 11.66
2012 10.68
2013 9.69
2014 8.71
2015 7.72
2016 6.74
2017 5.75
2018 4.77
2019 3.78
2020 2.80

People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Ethiopia was 17.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 77.08 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.00 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 77.08
2001 74.03
2002 70.97
2003 67.93
2004 64.90
2005 61.87
2006 58.85
2007 55.83
2008 52.74
2009 49.67
2010 46.61
2011 43.57
2012 40.54
2013 37.53
2014 34.55
2015 31.57
2016 28.62
2017 25.69
2018 22.77
2019 19.87
2020 17.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors