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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in IDA blend was 17.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 37.99 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.44 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 37.99
2001 37.05
2002 36.12
2003 35.15
2004 34.16
2005 33.17
2006 32.17
2007 31.16
2008 30.14
2009 29.12
2010 28.08
2011 27.02
2012 25.98
2013 24.92
2014 23.86
2015 22.80
2016 21.74
2017 20.67
2018 19.59
2019 18.52
2020 17.44

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors