Guinea-Bissau - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Guinea-Bissau was 10.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 36.27 in 2000, while its lowest value was 10.33 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 36.27
2001 34.86
2002 33.45
2003 32.06
2004 30.69
2005 29.32
2006 27.97
2007 26.62
2008 25.29
2009 23.98
2010 22.67
2011 21.38
2012 20.10
2013 18.84
2014 17.58
2015 16.34
2016 15.11
2017 13.89
2018 12.69
2019 11.50
2020 10.33

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors