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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Low income was 27.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 50.86 in 2000, while its lowest value was 27.10 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/).

See also:

Year Value
2000 50.86
2001 49.94
2002 47.31
2003 46.25
2004 45.17
2005 43.93
2006 42.68
2007 41.45
2008 40.18
2009 38.92
2010 37.68
2011 37.33
2012 36.12
2013 34.92
2014 33.71
2015 32.50
2016 31.28
2017 30.47
2018 29.33
2019 28.20
2020 27.10

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors