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

People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population) in Namibia was 25.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 25.30 in 2020, while its lowest value was 14.04 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 14.04
2001 14.63
2002 15.22
2003 15.82
2004 16.41
2005 17.00
2006 17.59
2007 18.19
2008 18.78
2009 19.37
2010 19.96
2011 20.56
2012 21.15
2013 21.74
2014 22.33
2015 22.93
2016 23.52
2017 24.11
2018 24.71
2019 25.30
2020 25.30

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors