People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) - South America

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.

Description: The map below shows how People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) varies by country in South America. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the region is Bolivia, with a value of 32.73. The country with the lowest value in the region is Uruguay, with a value of 0.00.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation (http://www.wssinfo.org/).

See also: Country ranking, Time series comparison

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual