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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Euro area was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.067 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2013.

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 0.067
2001 0.062
2002 0.057
2003 0.052
2004 0.047
2005 0.042
2006 0.037
2007 0.032
2008 0.027
2009 0.022
2010 0.017
2011 0.013
2012 0.008
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.000
2017 0.000
2018 0.000
2019 0.000
2020 0.000

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors