Kiribati - People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Kiribati was 29.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 44.19 in 2000, while its lowest value was 29.77 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 44.19
2001 43.53
2002 43.00
2003 42.46
2004 41.93
2005 41.39
2006 40.74
2007 39.98
2008 39.22
2009 38.46
2010 37.68
2011 36.91
2012 36.13
2013 35.34
2014 34.55
2015 33.75
2016 32.95
2017 32.16
2018 31.36
2019 30.57
2020 29.77

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors