High income - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in High income was 0.001 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.054 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.001 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 0.048
2001 0.054
2002 0.051
2003 0.049
2004 0.045
2005 0.043
2006 0.039
2007 0.037
2008 0.033
2009 0.030
2010 0.026
2011 0.023
2012 0.019
2013 0.015
2014 0.013
2015 0.006
2016 0.005
2017 0.002
2018 0.001
2019 0.001
2020 0.001

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors