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

People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population) in Mongolia was 25.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 39.65 in 2000, while its lowest value was 25.39 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 39.65
2001 38.93
2002 38.22
2003 37.51
2004 36.79
2005 36.08
2006 35.37
2007 34.66
2008 33.94
2009 33.23
2010 32.52
2011 31.80
2012 31.09
2013 30.38
2014 29.67
2015 28.95
2016 28.24
2017 27.53
2018 26.81
2019 26.10
2020 25.39

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors