Malaysia - People practicing open defecation

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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Malaysia was 1.12 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 3.46 in 2000, while its lowest value was 1.12 in 2012.

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 3.46
2001 3.26
2002 3.07
2003 2.87
2004 2.68
2005 2.49
2006 2.29
2007 2.10
2008 1.90
2009 1.71
2010 1.51
2011 1.32
2012 1.12
2013 1.12
2014 1.12
2015 1.12
2016 1.12

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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Malaysia was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.469 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2011.

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 0.469
2001 0.437
2002 0.405
2003 0.373
2004 0.341
2005 0.309
2006 0.278
2007 0.246
2008 0.214
2009 0.182
2010 0.150
2011 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.000
2017 0.000
2018 0.000
2019 0.000
2020 0.000

People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Malaysia was 0.28 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 1.61 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.28 in 2016.

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 1.61
2001 1.48
2002 1.37
2003 1.25
2004 1.14
2005 1.04
2006 0.93
2007 0.83
2008 0.73
2009 0.64
2010 0.55
2011 0.37
2012 0.31
2013 0.30
2014 0.30
2015 0.29
2016 0.28

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors