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

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Euro area was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.024 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 0.024
2001 0.022
2002 0.020
2003 0.018
2004 0.012
2005 0.011
2006 0.009
2007 0.008
2008 0.007
2009 0.005
2010 0.004
2011 0.003
2012 0.002
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