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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Guinea was 18.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 39.24 in 2000, while its lowest value was 18.13 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 39.24
2001 38.18
2002 37.12
2003 36.07
2004 35.01
2005 33.96
2006 32.90
2007 31.85
2008 30.79
2009 29.74
2010 28.68
2011 27.63
2012 26.57
2013 25.51
2014 24.46
2015 23.40
2016 22.35
2017 21.29
2018 20.24
2019 19.18
2020 18.13

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors