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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Mauritania was 58.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 76.44 in 2000, while its lowest value was 58.45 in 2017.

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 76.44
2001 75.38
2002 74.32
2003 73.26
2004 72.20
2005 71.15
2006 70.09
2007 69.03
2008 67.97
2009 66.91
2010 65.86
2011 64.80
2012 63.74
2013 62.68
2014 61.62
2015 60.57
2016 59.51
2017 58.45
2018 58.45
2019 58.45
2020 58.45

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors