Haiti - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Haiti was 18.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 37.07 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 37.07
2001 35.66
2002 34.28
2003 32.92
2004 31.84
2005 30.81
2006 29.80
2007 28.81
2008 27.83
2009 26.87
2010 25.93
2011 25.01
2012 24.10
2013 23.22
2014 22.35
2015 21.50
2016 20.68
2017 19.88
2018 19.10
2019 18.34
2020 18.13

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors