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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Malawi was 5.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 17.26 in 2000, while its lowest value was 5.15 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 17.26
2001 16.66
2002 16.05
2003 15.44
2004 14.84
2005 14.23
2006 13.63
2007 13.02
2008 12.42
2009 11.81
2010 11.20
2011 10.60
2012 9.99
2013 9.39
2014 8.78
2015 8.17
2016 7.57
2017 6.96
2018 6.36
2019 5.75
2020 5.15

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors