Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 18.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 36.98 in 2000, while its lowest value was 18.70 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 36.98
2001 36.21
2002 35.37
2003 34.52
2004 33.67
2005 32.69
2006 31.71
2007 30.77
2008 29.77
2009 28.78
2010 27.80
2011 26.82
2012 25.86
2013 24.90
2014 23.95
2015 23.01
2016 22.07
2017 21.05
2018 20.25
2019 19.48
2020 18.70

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors