Jamaica - People practicing open defecation
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population)
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Jamaica was 0.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 1.25 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.59 in 2019.
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 | 1.25 |
| 2001 | 1.22 |
| 2002 | 1.18 |
| 2003 | 1.15 |
| 2004 | 1.11 |
| 2005 | 1.08 |
| 2006 | 1.04 |
| 2007 | 1.01 |
| 2008 | 0.97 |
| 2009 | 0.94 |
| 2010 | 0.90 |
| 2011 | 0.87 |
| 2012 | 0.83 |
| 2013 | 0.80 |
| 2014 | 0.76 |
| 2015 | 0.73 |
| 2016 | 0.69 |
| 2017 | 0.66 |
| 2018 | 0.62 |
| 2019 | 0.59 |
| 2020 | 0.59 |
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/).
See also:
| 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 |
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Jamaica was 0.798 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.867 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.796 in 2019.
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 | 0.867 |
| 2001 | 0.861 |
| 2002 | 0.856 |
| 2003 | 0.850 |
| 2004 | 0.845 |
| 2005 | 0.840 |
| 2006 | 0.836 |
| 2007 | 0.831 |
| 2008 | 0.827 |
| 2009 | 0.823 |
| 2010 | 0.819 |
| 2011 | 0.816 |
| 2012 | 0.812 |
| 2013 | 0.809 |
| 2014 | 0.806 |
| 2015 | 0.804 |
| 2016 | 0.801 |
| 2017 | 0.799 |
| 2018 | 0.798 |
| 2019 | 0.796 |
| 2020 | 0.798 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Risk factors
