IBRD only - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in IBRD only was 5.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 25.06 in 2000, while its lowest value was 5.33 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/).

See also:

Year Value
2000 25.06
2001 24.01
2002 23.05
2003 22.08
2004 21.10
2005 20.04
2006 18.89
2007 17.92
2008 16.92
2009 15.94
2010 14.95
2011 13.95
2012 12.94
2013 11.94
2014 10.93
2015 10.01
2016 9.01
2017 8.22
2018 7.24
2019 6.27
2020 5.33

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors