Mexico - People practicing open defecation

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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Mexico was 0.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 26.42 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.50 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 26.42
2001 25.13
2002 23.83
2003 22.53
2004 21.24
2005 19.94
2006 18.65
2007 17.35
2008 16.05
2009 14.76
2010 13.46
2011 12.17
2012 10.87
2013 9.57
2014 8.28
2015 6.98
2016 5.69
2017 4.39
2018 3.09
2019 1.80
2020 0.50

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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Mexico was 0.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 3.79 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2019.

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 3.79
2001 3.60
2002 3.42
2003 3.23
2004 3.05
2005 2.86
2006 2.68
2007 2.50
2008 2.31
2009 2.13
2010 1.94
2011 1.76
2012 1.57
2013 1.39
2014 1.20
2015 1.02
2016 0.84
2017 0.65
2018 0.47
2019 0.00
2020 0.00

People practicing open defecation (% of population)

People practicing open defecation (% of population) in Mexico was 0.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 9.51 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.10 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/).

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Year Value
2000 9.51
2001 8.97
2002 8.45
2003 7.93
2004 7.41
2005 6.91
2006 6.41
2007 5.92
2008 5.44
2009 4.97
2010 4.50
2011 4.04
2012 3.58
2013 3.13
2014 2.69
2015 2.26
2016 1.83
2017 1.40
2018 0.99
2019 0.35
2020 0.10

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors