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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Kiribati was 46.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 54.86 in 2000, while its lowest value was 46.80 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 54.86
2001 54.45
2002 54.05
2003 53.65
2004 53.25
2005 52.84
2006 52.44
2007 52.04
2008 51.63
2009 51.23
2010 50.83
2011 50.42
2012 50.02
2013 49.62
2014 49.22
2015 48.81
2016 48.41
2017 48.01
2018 47.60
2019 47.20
2020 46.80

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors