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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Jamaica was 0.962 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.962 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.511 in 2000.

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 0.511
2001 0.535
2002 0.559
2003 0.582
2004 0.606
2005 0.630
2006 0.654
2007 0.677
2008 0.701
2009 0.725
2010 0.748
2011 0.772
2012 0.796
2013 0.819
2014 0.843
2015 0.867
2016 0.890
2017 0.914
2018 0.938
2019 0.962
2020 0.962

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors