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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Kenya was 11.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 21.43 in 2000, while its lowest value was 11.30 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 21.43
2001 20.92
2002 20.42
2003 19.91
2004 19.41
2005 18.90
2006 18.39
2007 17.89
2008 17.38
2009 16.87
2010 16.37
2011 15.86
2012 15.35
2013 14.85
2014 14.34
2015 13.84
2016 13.33
2017 12.82
2018 12.32
2019 11.81
2020 11.30

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors