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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in IDA total was 20.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 40.53 in 2000, while its lowest value was 20.34 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 40.53
2001 39.61
2002 38.65
2003 37.65
2004 36.65
2005 35.59
2006 34.52
2007 33.46
2008 32.38
2009 31.30
2010 30.22
2011 29.55
2012 28.48
2013 27.41
2014 26.34
2015 25.27
2016 24.20
2017 23.22
2018 22.19
2019 21.24
2020 20.34

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors