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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Mauritius was 0.221 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.221 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.104 in 2000.

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 0.104
2001 0.113
2002 0.122
2003 0.131
2004 0.140
2005 0.149
2006 0.158
2007 0.167
2008 0.176
2009 0.185
2010 0.194
2011 0.203
2012 0.212
2013 0.221
2014 0.221
2015 0.221
2016 0.221
2017 0.221

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors