India - People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population)

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in India was 0.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 26.71 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.99 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 26.71
2001 25.42
2002 24.14
2003 22.85
2004 21.56
2005 20.28
2006 18.99
2007 17.71
2008 16.42
2009 15.13
2010 13.85
2011 12.56
2012 11.28
2013 9.99
2014 8.70
2015 7.42
2016 6.13
2017 4.85
2018 3.56
2019 2.27
2020 0.99

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors