Jordan - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Jordan was 0.105 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.235 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.105 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 0.235
2001 0.227
2002 0.220
2003 0.212
2004 0.205
2005 0.187
2006 0.167
2007 0.148
2008 0.167
2009 0.155
2010 0.144
2011 0.135
2012 0.127
2013 0.120
2014 0.114
2015 0.112
2016 0.110
2017 0.109
2018 0.107
2019 0.106
2020 0.105

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors