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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Kiribati was 16.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 30.02 in 2000, while its lowest value was 16.17 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 30.02
2001 29.32
2002 28.63
2003 27.94
2004 27.25
2005 26.56
2006 25.86
2007 25.17
2008 24.48
2009 23.79
2010 23.09
2011 22.40
2012 21.71
2013 21.02
2014 20.32
2015 19.63
2016 18.94
2017 18.25
2018 17.56
2019 16.86
2020 16.17

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors